the namesake, part II

the namesake, part II, originally uploaded by mattcotham.

I got a chance to meet the baby named after me last weekend when we went
out to visit my host family from the village. I don't really know why I
enjoy the fact so much that there's another kid running around out there
with my name -- it's not exactly as if Matthew is an uncommon name --
but it still makes me smile. As you can see from the picture here, he's
off to a healthy (read: fat) start! As we do more of our malnutrition
outreach, I'm grateful for the kids that do at least start out fat --
they've got a leg up on the rocky road of subsistence farming ahead of them.