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Sometimes all you need is a good friend
Blessed for good friends.
This country girl has gone to city for the weekend. Usually, I would tell you that I do not like to go to the city (Medellin).
It is big, full of smog, and a city just like anywhere else. I am a country girl; I love living on my Finca. Yet today, as I am sitting on my friend’s balcony in her high-rise apartment, I feel such peace.
On her balcony, surrounded by birds coming to her terrace, many of the same birds I have in my yard, she leaves fruit out for them to snack on. In one corner, it is a jungle of green plants and flowers.
We are up on a hill, with a view of Medellin, such a beautiful city. I look across the street, and I see a big beautiful tree with four red flowers on the top, reaching the sky.
As the sun began to set, the rains came. It is rain season, plus Medellin is also the city of Eternal Spring. Before, when I went to the city, I would stay in a different area full of traffic and congestion.
Usually, I am already ready to retreat to my comfort zone by the time I have arrived at my destination. As I walked up the hill to her apartment in the rain, I felt a sense of peace.
Again later in the evening, the same feeling washed over me. I am not sure if it is the comfort…
