Youth Voices: From Colorado to Delhi - A week under the same sky
The frigid air lashed across my face, nipping at my exposed ears and nose. The cold engulfed me in its icy embrace and mercilessly clawed at my lungs, leaving me breathless and heaving for each next breath. Fighting all instincts to curl up into a ball on the icy stepping stones beneath me, I hastily shoved my hands into my pockets and clumsily hopped around in a circle, willing any ounce of blood to reach my extremities.
All I was trying to do was brush my teeth!
This had become a nightly routine for my friends and me staying at the off-the-grid wolf sanctuary MISSION:WOLF in Westcliffe, Colorado this past spring break. Leaving the comfort of sun-drenched afternoons in Houston behind for eight days at 9,500 feet above sea level on a mountain blanketed in snow, every feature of my new reality shone with novelty, from the range of snow-capped peaks that stretched as far as I could see to the ring of logs wrapped the fireplace perfect for eating dinner by the warmth of the flames...[CONTINUE READING]