Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Anything Goes Face

We discovered this iHeartFaces blog which features contests of face photos every week. And I just had to enter this photo of Mavinga, my Mozambican buddy, taken the day we said goodbye and left Mozambique last month. Gotta love that face!

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For those new to my blog, Mavinga was the 4-year-old son of our gardener in Mozambique. He came to work with his dad every day after his mom was killed by a crocodile.

22 comments:

Putting the FUN in DysFUNctional said...

I love that picture! Such a cutie.

angie {the arthur clan} said...

What a beautiful face!

Thanks so much for joining in on the fun this week,

~Angie
co-founder of I ♥ Faces

Drew said...

That is heart wrenching. It's amazing what kids can go through and still have utter joy in life. He looks like such a ray of sunshine. Thanks for sharing this great picture!

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Anonymous said...

What a sweet looking child! I gasped when I read the thing about the crocodile. Oh my gosh!

Unknown said...

Priceless. That's a winning smile if I've ever seen one!

ShEiLa said...

That is an amazing face. Especially when you know the story behind the face. Such a small person and such a big smile... and I am sure that his heart is just as big.
ToOdLeS.ShEiLa

Richard Lawry said...

What a beautiful face

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Donna said...

He is quite a beautiful child.

Kori said...

Beyond gorgeous.

dani said...

esme and j... i'm going to miss hearing about and seeing pictures of mavinga:( i hope that he will be ok, and i hope his photo wins:)
much love,
dani

Tara R. said...

Gotta love that smile. Beautiful!

Unknown said...

I got teary eyed. Great photo. Must have been hard to say goodbye.

Christie O. said...

What a sweet picture! And I LOVE face pictures, I take them all the time of my kids, that web site is so great!

Unknown said...

I just love this exceptional little face! Beautiful!

Sandra said...

I love this photo, he has such a sweet smile :)

Jen @ One Moms World said...

I remember you posting about him before. Look at that precious face and beautiful smile!!!

Pamela said...

his mom was killed by a crocodile? Oh how awful for them.

precious face!

Anonymous said...

Mavinga is still doing well. At Christmas we gave him a cool little car to play with while he runs around the yard and sings through the day. His daddy may have traded it for a different car cuz now he has a 4X4 truck he is pulling around. But he is having fun. I am sure he is missing you though, Esme! Your cousins are usually in school and a lot bigger, not as fun as you were. Love, Auntie S

Anonymous said...

Wow...he is a cutie!!!! And he looks so happy.....hard to believe you are telling him goodbye that day!!!

Prasti said...

how sweet.

Hana Njau-Okolo said...

The face of an African boy, soon to grown into a young African man, who will still dare to smile, despite the hardships on the continent. That is the generosity of the African spirit....

...a beautiful one indeed.

Amani,

Mama Shujaa.