Living separately

Some of you may or may not know that i am still in a relationship with the father of my 2 beautiful girls. We have had our ups and downs but have been together 8 years, with a break in between. He has been such a great support over the years. At the beginning of our relationship he was working very hard as a welder at a local factory. He spent 10 years there and then injured his back. He is a tall bloke and had been bending down all these years at his bench. He also had a fall there while carrying door frames. Since his been injured everything has changed. He spent 6 months off work on compo and his first day back he got sacked...
Now he cannot work at all, his back isn't improving even with help from physio and meds. Since losing his job we lost our house due to not being able to afford the expensive rent. We now live separately. I live with my mum and the girls and he lives with his mum. Things can be tough not living with your partner. I miss just being able to have someone to cuddle in bed. I know that he is finding it difficult not seeing the girls everyday like he had been used to. Last week we also lost our car, well i mean its unfixable and we need to buy a new one. So really i cant just jump up and go and see him. It has been hard getting my youngest to childcare, having to catch the train and walk a far distance. Today i couldn't take her because it was just too wet and couldn't take her walking in such bad weather. My partner has become really depressed over the last couple of months which has had a toll on our relationship. I understand that he feels really helpless and has told me he feels as if he has lost everything. It has been hard as i feel like i have to be there for him as much as i can but cant because we don't even leave together. Even though things have been tough lately for my partner we still seem to keep things together for our girls and our love for each other is very strong. We all have so much fun together and hopefully we will be living together again soon.