Budgeting is a big issue for single Augusta parent
Sophie Baconnet
Issue date: 4/14/09 Section: Special Report
Everything is about budgeting. Clark said she knows the price of every basic food, from the price of butter to the price of eggs and bread. At one point though, Clark could not even afford to buy groceries anymore.
"I couldn't keep up with the bills, so I had to go through a church. One the third Friday of ever month they had a give-away thing, and I had to go through it."
Clark said she cannot afford doing extra activities like most of the young people her age. She said she cannot go out because she has to pay her bills. Three people are living in Clark's trailer: she, her son and her mother-in-law, who is very sick.
"My mother-in-law's income is actually less than $500 a month," Clark said. "She is covered by Medicare, but a lot of her medicine is not covered by it."
Still, the future looks brighter for Clark. She was just approved for a scholarship at the Augusta School of Massage on Wrightsboro Road. Her son will also be going to school for the first time in Augusta, so she said she will have more time for herself.
Despite all the struggles she faces every day, Clark said that she would not trade her life for anything in the world.
"I'm looking at my son's face, and I know that I'm doing the right thing. I know he's taken care of, no matter what. I've gone through a lot. Yeah, I was a baby having a baby, I would admit that, but my son is my biggest teacher."
"I couldn't keep up with the bills, so I had to go through a church. One the third Friday of ever month they had a give-away thing, and I had to go through it."
Clark said she cannot afford doing extra activities like most of the young people her age. She said she cannot go out because she has to pay her bills. Three people are living in Clark's trailer: she, her son and her mother-in-law, who is very sick.
"My mother-in-law's income is actually less than $500 a month," Clark said. "She is covered by Medicare, but a lot of her medicine is not covered by it."
Still, the future looks brighter for Clark. She was just approved for a scholarship at the Augusta School of Massage on Wrightsboro Road. Her son will also be going to school for the first time in Augusta, so she said she will have more time for herself.
Despite all the struggles she faces every day, Clark said that she would not trade her life for anything in the world.
"I'm looking at my son's face, and I know that I'm doing the right thing. I know he's taken care of, no matter what. I've gone through a lot. Yeah, I was a baby having a baby, I would admit that, but my son is my biggest teacher."
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