As A Little Girl Growing Up In Colombia ((top)) -

Colombian girlhood is tasted as much as lived.

Family is the fundamental unit of Colombian society, and girls are typically raised with a focus on three pillars: (respect), educación (education), and cohesión familiar (family cohesion). as a little girl growing up in colombia

They don’t see what I see. From the floor, I see the ants—the hormigas culonas —marching in a military procession toward a fallen mango. I see the dust motes dancing in the slice of Andean sun. And I see the grown-ups’ feet: the scuffed leather of my father’s boots, the cracked heels of my aunt after she comes back from the finca, the chipped coral nail polish on my older cousin, who is fifteen and already knows how to dance salsa like a knife. Colombian girlhood is tasted as much as lived

One Tuesday, Juan Pablo didn’t come to school. He sat behind me. He drew horses in the margins of his notebook. The next day, his desk was empty. The nun told us to pray for his family. She did not say why. From the floor, I see the ants—the hormigas

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