{"id":322448,"date":"2020-05-08T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=322448"},"modified":"2020-05-08T06:00:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T20:00:12","slug":"being-a-mom-during-a-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/being-a-mom-during-a-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a mom during a pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-322448 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/being-a-mom-during-a-pandemic\/clemente-castro-pix-2\/'>Clemente-Castro-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-322458'>\n\t\t\t\tLaundry attendant Clemente Castro is finding it hard to be torn between the need to work and the fear of being infected.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s really hard because even though there\u2019s this virus, this pandemic, I still have to work for my family.\u201d (Krizel Tuazo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/being-a-mom-during-a-pandemic\/joanna-muna-pix-2\/'>Joanna-Mu\u00f1a-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-322459'>\n\t\t\t\tJoanna Mu\u00f1a, who is a cashier\/sales associate at I Love Saipan, has four children and two grandchildren. \u201cIt\u2019s hard for me because I don\u2019t get to see them sometimes because they\u2019re kids, they\u2019re young. I\u2019m usually out in the public, here working and I don\u2019t want to get them sick.\u201d (Krizel Tuazo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/being-a-mom-during-a-pandemic\/marie-aldan-pix-2\/'>Marie-Aldan-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-322460'>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWorking as a mom during this pandemic is hard,\u201d said Marie Aldan, who is with Sales &amp; Marketing at StayWell Insurance. \u201cThe daycare is closed, but you can\u2019t take your child to every grocery store [since] it\u2019s hard to put a mask on a toddler! I, of course, fear that my son will catch something, which is something every mom is afraid of. However, the positive side is I am able to spend more time with my son.\u201d (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/being-a-mom-during-a-pandemic\/marilou-pulid-pix-2\/'>Marilou-Pulid-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-322461'>\n\t\t\t\tLaundry attendant\u00a0Marilou Pulido says, \u201cTwo things: We can bond now but it\u2019s also hard because, as a mother, any moment the sickness can happen to me or my husband and we\u2019re usually out for work. It scares me as well because they can get sick if ever and it always worries me.\u201d (Krizel Tuazo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/being-a-mom-during-a-pandemic\/melba-camacho-pix-2\/'>Melba-Camacho-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-322462'>\n\t\t\t\tMelba Camacho, who is a cashier at a Mobil Gas Station, has mixed feelings about the situation. \u201cThere\u2019s a negative side, which is worrying if your kids may get the virus [from] me, but there\u2019s also a positive side to it, which is being with my family\u2014 I can eat with them at the table now and bond!\u201d (Krizel Tuazo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/being-a-mom-during-a-pandemic\/rowena-abendan-pix-2\/'>Rowena-Abendan-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/being-a-mom-during-a-pandemic\/sabina-perena-pix-2\/'>Sabina-Perena-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-322464'>\n\t\t\t\tSabina Perena, a cashier at Tenda Supermarket, describes working in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic as \u201chard because, even in this pandemic, I have to work for my family. We still have expenses to pay; rent, power, food, etc., but I love my family so I have to keep going.\u201d (Krizel Tuazo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/being-a-mom-during-a-pandemic\/yolly-postrato-pix-2\/'>Yolly-Postrato-pix<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-322466'>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cIt\u2019s scary because we want to take care of ourselves and our kids but we have to work. Even though three of my children are not here, I want to know that they\u2019re safe as well as their family. And it\u2019s even hard now because if something ever happens, we can\u2019t all be together because of this virus,\u201d says Yolly Postrato, who is a sales associate at I Love Saipan. 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