My children make me happy and inspire me to work hard. They have been through so much and I want to be able to provide the best for them.
Over the last few years my situation has been tough. I broke up with my children's father in 2017, which made me struggle emotionally and go through a lot of stress and heartache. I was proud of myself for pushing through and my family and friends supported me to help me get stronger.
In January of last year I was contacted by my landlord to say that we were being evicted. Myself and my children had already been through so much, and now we face losing our home of 7 years. I had been working doing some private beauty therapy with my level 2 qualification, but due to the pandemic that had to stop. In the space of 3 months I was losing my house and my job which was very difficult to get through. The pandemic has meant that the eviction process is taking a long time, however I fear that we could be evicted some day very soon.
My short term goal is to get back into work so that I am able to secure a good home for my family. I want to work as a supermarket retail assistant because I love interacting with new people and delivering customer service. I believe that this role would be good practice for when I am able to go back to working with my clients as a beautician.
In the future I want to to have achieved my goal of being a fully qualified massage and beauty therapist, Have my own business and have made a good and stable life for my children.