“Much about the places I traveled in west africa was unfamiliar to me…the dress, the language, the food, the religions, the customs. But one of the things I love about travel is no matter how far away, we are able to see common threads in people across the world.

“The two similarities most striking to me were the way children play, and the way mothers respond when their babies are crying.

“This little guy, while chasing after siblings, had fallen and landed face first in a pile of sand and gravel. His mom kissed him so much that the majority of the sand wound up on her own face. No idea the words she was saying to him, but the sentiments communicated beautifully.”

Ndoos, Senegal, west Africa.

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