Paulina's loss of income and the high cost of living impacts her whole family.

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It’s been very, very stressful because I was the one that always did the finances, you know, paid the bills, made up the grocery list. So we had to cut back a lot on a lot of things. And you know, with three growing kids, buying summer clothes, like, they have no summer clothes at all. I don’t care what I wear because I don’t leave the house. But, you know, we really had to budget, change what we eat to really – you know, food is so expensive now. Like oh my gosh I – I used to have a budget list, you know, shopping list and I used to spend probably about $250 for two weeks for, like, breakfast, lunch, dinner, which was great. And now it’s almost doubled. So trying to figure out where to save to still – like if I don’t eat I’m not good, like, I’m not well. And like I don’t drink alcohol, I don’t smoke, I don’t do anything like that. But if I don’t get enough protein, for example, I am very sick. So it’s trying to find a balance of, like, budget and staying healthy. Yeah. And paying bills.

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