Too much struggling to think about elections

“Me, I just want to get more money to support me children, that is all. Is years I working and still like I not getting by. Now you asking me about elections. Yes, I vote but now I just want to live good and feed me children,” she said, a strained expression on her face.

I caught up with this woman during one of my many walks on the practically empty streets of Georgetown as the country waited on the much-anticipated March 2 elections results. She was walking briskly, and I hesitated before stopping her. But when I did, she just wanted to talk.

That was her answer to my question about how she was coping with the elections stress; yes, that is what I called it.