Caroline Celico, the ex-wife of Brazilian footballer Kaká, posted a photo hugging her son, and no caption was needed. There were those same eyes, that same crooked smile the world saw for years on the pitch.
Followers of the @cacelico account filled the comments pointing out the obvious: the resemblance is astonishing. No matter how much time passes since the end of a marriage, there are traits that do not fade, and in this case they were preserved in the face of a teenager who smiles just like his father.
For Caroline, every hug with her son is also a small mirror of the past. And although her paths with Kaká are different today, that blend of features in front of the camera reminds her, without words, of everything they once built together.