LittleFish, continued

LittleFish & her baby Kalle photographed at home: Bantayan Island, Cebu Philippines

Olympus E-1, Olympus Zuiko 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Digital: 1/200s f/4.5 at 54.0mm iso200

Her original post this week is below, please take the time to read it.

LittleFish/Rosa sent a text message to my phone on May 9th - she told me she had now gone to Cebu City for a a few days to look for work, but since she has not finished High School she didn't qualify for many, and she was getting depressed....she told me she's eating only once a day there.

The sporadic support from baby Kalle's father has now stopped and Rosa told me she doesn't know what she's going to do.

I tried to boost her spirits as best I could, but in reality I'm feeling very guilty here now that I'm back in the USA - it was me who was helping support Rosa's Family, including Kalle (diapers, baby milk, clothes, etc) and I just don't have the resources or money here to continue it as when I was on the Island, and I'm not there with the Family any more.

I told Rosa in the text message that the absolute best I could do now, was to get back to work editing her images and then post them here on the website, in the hope that someone would see her plight and try to help in some small way....I got her permission to do that before I left Bantayan a few weeks ago; I told her to keep smiling and to hope for the best.

I have not yet heard back from her today - I told her I wanted her to text me each day she was in Cebu City just to let me know she was ok, and I'm hoping she texts me again later tonight.

Kalle's a wonderful baby who's just now beginning to learn to walk - he smiles at me every day and probably thinks IM his Papa; that's what most of the Family says anyway.

I'm ok with that; I truly miss him now.

Thanks for reading today; I'll have another update tomorrow.
PJAMES