As A Little Girl Growing Up In Colombia [ORIGINAL]

"As a little girl growing up in Colombia," your world is framed by the yellow, blue, and red of the flag, but it is colored by so much more. It is the purple of the bougainvillea spilling over white-washed walls, the deep brown of the rich soil, and the bright smiles of a people who treat everyone like family.

Places like Medellín or Bogotá offer a blend of urban hustle and towering green mountains that look down upon your neighborhood parks, reminding you always of the wild earth just beyond the concrete. as a little girl growing up in colombia

Waiting for someone to lift me high enough to see over the next hill. "As a little girl growing up in Colombia,"