What's interesting about life is when the world is in a dismal period, that you, your family and friends' problems seem to amplify themselves.

So i have to stay calm with an Aunt just recently having a heart attack and the mother of this girl (in the middle) from one of my first photographs (1999) that i took in Black & white --


-- has been sick for minute and has lost a lot of weight. Her daughter is a smart and sweet 7 years old now and i hope she does not have to lose her mother at such a young age.

The outcome of both is uncertain, but i have to wait and see -- life is never under our control. We have to choose our preferred outlet to deal with it. We just have to make sure it's a postive energy -- whether it is prayer, meditating, or helping someone.