Desiree grew up in a town called Bayawan on the Island of Negros in the Philippines. Bayawan supports a population roughly the same size as Billings, Montana. That’s not a particularly big place in the scheme of things. Remarkably enough, Desiree chanced to bump into another woman living here in Helena who is also from Bayawan. After meeting, the girls engaged in what is a typical Montana thing—you know—that thing where you talk about people you know in common.
I captured a picture of the girls after their
meeting. Good stuff, this.
Two Girls from the Same Town
—Mitchell
Hegman
Bayawan City is more like Anaconda. Bayawan is like a county - I think it’s the largest one on the island. Lots of people from Bayawan, as is it very mountainous and mountain people tend to be poorer. So lots of young people get an education and leave.
ReplyDeleteIt's still pretty amazing they met here in Helena. It was pretty thrilling for Desiree. Good stuff.
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