#ive always been the closest to colombians and chileans

[yharnamsnewslug]

One of the trends in Europe that I hate the most is the colorless fad of interior design, where your home looks best as long as it is in either 142546353 shades of beige or completely white with like, a splash of overtly-whitened blue. I'm moving out and my ma was telling me that she couldn't wait to see how I brought me and my friends' personalities into the apartment, and I kept thinking that I wanted it to be cozy and colorful.

And just as I was thinking that, a very dear friend of mine (who is Colombian!) called me up to tell me that they'd been cleaning in their home, and they had a bunch of tablecloths that they were going to donate. If i wanted to, I could go over and grab a few! It's gonna save us some money, so of course I went right away and -

This is gorgeous. I was just staring at it, holding the thick fabric in my hands, thinking about how foreign the style is to everything I've been looking at in stores, and my friend's mother (half Colombian, half Venezuelan) told me that this was bought in Cartagena so very long ago. I asked her which, to which she replied Colombia, and she had a fondness for it, but they just didn't have space.

It's ours now! And I keep looking at it, running my fingers through it, and I can't believe that I get to have something so dear from someone who's already done so much for me. It reminds me of how little people know and appreciate South American countries, and their colorful traditions that I get to hold in my hands now.

I'm very sad to be leaving, since I won't be neighbors with them anymore, but I'm so very glad that I get to keep them in my heart, in my table, when food is shared, as it is my favorite love language.

#just something i thought to share #ive always been the closest to colombians and chileans #they just have this fucking #joy in their heart with sharing and music and food that is very similar to my southern spirits #and living in madrid ive missed it so much