01 Apr
Rizwana’s Smile
Rizwana always keeps her cheerful smile ever-ready to light up her face at a moment's notice. Just seven years old, she has a lot to smile about, especially considering the tragic life she so recently left behind. Some of Rizwana's earliest memories are of her father beating her mother. Her young mind could not understand adult problems, much less why such violence would ever be thrust into her life. She only knew that one day her father was gone, and she and her mother moved in with relatives. He eventually returned, with a promise to change and a request for reconciliation. A few weeks later, however, Rizwana's mother's body was found in the street. She had been strangled by her husband with a towel.
