Brave mum reveals heartache of raising daughter after rising NRL star Mosese Fotuaika took his own life Shanice Alaiasa and baby daugther Taya, 5 months old, has spoken for the first time about losing her long-term partner Mosese Fotuaika. Pic: Jerad Williams Source: News Corp Australia TAYA Fotuaika may only be five months old but her mother is already preparing for the day she's old enough to raise the subject that haunts them. "I'm keeping a little journal of me and Mosese so that if she wants to know everything about her dad, she can," 21-year-old Shanice Alaiasa says of Mosese Fotuaika, the rising rugby league star who never got to meet his daughter after taking his life earlier this year. I've got a little box of his things that she might want to cherish. I don't want her growing up thinking 'Dad' is a taboo word and she can never ask about him. One day I'm going to tell her what happened to her father and I don't want her to hate him for leaving me when she was coming. I'd rather her know him for the kind of person he was than the one decision he made. Wests Tigers rugby league player Mosese Fotuaika died at his western Sydney home in February. He was on the cusp of a successful NRL career. Pic:: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Source: News Corp Australia In February, having suffered a potentially season-ending pectoral tear while lifting weights in the Wests Tigers gym, 20-year-old Fotuaika returned to the Sydney townhouse he shared with his girlfriend and a teammate. When Shanice returned home, she found him dead. For more on this story, go to The Gold Coast Bulletin. For crisis support, phone 13 11 14.