A day in life of a single mom

You cannot pour water from an empty cup. I wonder when last someone considered how much a child cost on a single salary?Being a single mother is messy and traumatic and most of the times things don’t add up.Another thing that was messy recently was my daughter’s school books because she said she didn’t have glue to paste the pages. I found this strange because I specifically remember buying about four glue sticks at the beginning of the year.

This was not the first time she had run out of glue or pens or pencils. I am no glue expert but my common sense tells me something doesn’t add up.What did add up was every R5 for a fun day at school, every extra R50 for glue and every R500 for a camp. After cross-questioning the child about the whereabouts of the glue sticks, I came to the conclusion that I had no other choice but to buy a new one.She didn’t have glue and her book resembled my wallet – more slips, than money. In her case, more papers outside the book, than inside.

How do you ask your child’s father to pay half? It’s R25 cash sent for glue in the middle of the month when he doesn’t have a cent to spare every other day of the month.

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