Gabriela Yareliz

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Reflections Before Bedtime #48

“I want everything—love, adventure, intimacy, work.” Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Leonard Woolf By: Gabriela Yareliz On the other side of the world, two of my friends are getting married, right now. They are both extraordinary people. It’s like they were made for each other. This world is full of mismatched couples–so, it’s neat when youContinue reading “Reflections Before Bedtime #48”

Monday Inspiration: November 16, 2015

(The hilarious Fran Fine). By: Gabriela Yareliz The 90s were good to us. For some reason, cassette tapes came to mind. I used to make a lot of tapes, with many songs recorded right off of the radio by boombox or walkman. It was a moment of excitement when your song would come on, andContinue reading “Monday Inspiration: November 16, 2015”

Douce France

By: Gabriela Yareliz Tonight at church, we had an amazing spoken word and music night. I heard the music and testimony of a young man who found God, hope and music in the midst of his chemotherapy and anguish. He was so vulnerable with us tonight. It was beautiful. Tonight, we were pained to hearContinue reading “Douce France”

Reflections Before Bedtime #47

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That Bod

By: Gabriela Yareliz Our bodies are always changing. Some prefer the rock hard body, others go for a more sculpted soft tone. Regardless of your style, a good body starts with your diet. Our bodies are temples. Some people think I look the way I look because I am twenty-something. While my age may beContinue reading “That Bod”

#PremIsBack

By: Gabriela Yareliz #PremIsBack, and I am excited. I just wanted to show Salman Khan some love. He seems to be getting better with age. Sonam Kapoor looks ethereal in this film, and Bollywood strikes again. No one does film like India. No one. Bringing in Diwali 2015 with a bang, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo.

Happy Week: November 8, 2015

By: Gabriela Yareliz A new week begins, again.The pharmacy looks like a Christmas wonderland. I was walking through Little Italy, and there are already ‘Merry Christmas’ light banners shimmering in the night above the streets. Still no sign of eggnog, anywhere. This is frustrating, but anyway… This weekend was a good weekend. I saw oldContinue reading “Happy Week: November 8, 2015”

Chasers of the Light

Poem from Chasers of the Light: poems from the typewriter series by Tyler Knott Gregson. I count the syllables of your laughter and wait for the line breaks of your long deep breaths. I may be a writer but you are a poem and you spill out like ink onto the paper of our days.Continue reading “Chasers of the Light”

Reflections on Screwtape Letter #4

By: Gabriela Yareliz Based on the masterpiece by C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, a parody on heaven, hell and the battle for each human soul. It’s an interesting thought, the thought that “whatever [our] bodies do affects [our] souls.” The Screwtape Letters, page 16. This particular letter focuses on prayer. Oftentimes, when we pray, we approachContinue reading “Reflections on Screwtape Letter #4”