The rising cost of food, transport and utilities means that the meagre amount of money I have been able to stretch to cover necessities isn’t covering them any more
Photograph: Julian Kellner/Getty Images/EyeEmPhotograph: Julian Kellner/Getty Images/EyeEmcome from a long line of battlers who toiled away all their lives and gave everything they had to raise their families. Yet today, having received an eviction notice on my rental property, I’m part of the largest growing demographic in the poverty cycle; women over 50.
There are so many issues that ... have chipped away at my sense of self-worth and made my life even harderAs devastating as the first year of the pandemic was, the bonuspayment helped me buy essentials like new shoes, underwear, medication and a wheelchair, as well as topping up the pantry with staples.
I did research, edited databases, scanned documents and proofread books; things I excelled at. I found a tribe of people in the same boat as me; middle-aged, intelligent, creative people all wanting to contribute to society, but feeling like we’d been tossed on the scrapheap. I felt respected and appreciated and still volunteer, even though I no longer have to do it.
Now, the rising cost of food, transport and utilities means that the meagre amount of money I have been able to stretch to cover necessities isn’t covering them any more.I was offered a teaching position. Finally, I thought, I was going to get out of the poverty cycle!
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