Island Parent Magazine Dec-Jan 2023

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Well, it’s that time of year
again, when we—hopefully—
get to put some of the strain
and stress of the year behind us and
have some good food and drink and
time with the family. Although looking
back on 2022, man, not sure just how
I just don’t know how sustainable it
is for a family to live in Victoria right
now. I silently scream when I go to buy
coffee at the store; I mix tears with gasoline
in hopes of saving a few pennies
at the pump. I constantly think that
there are mistakes when I’m purchasing
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much food any of us can afford this go
’round. Inflation at the grocery store
absolutely tore through the wallets
of families living in Victoria and the
region, as has inflation at the pumps,
and, if you’re renting and have had to
move this year, those monthly rental
cheques.
toilet paper. How can toilet paper possibly
cost so much?
But I refuse to let despair sink in, as
I cackle to myself when I drop my oldest
off at school—high school, now!—
trying not to calculate the ludicrous
amount that drive cost me in gas, trying
to just make it through a morning
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