By: Gabriela Yareliz Maybe one of the best things about being an adult is you know for sure what is important to you and what others have a say in. You get to grab a marker and draw some serious boundaries. You get to be brave and make sure you become exactly who you wantContinue reading “Monday Inspiration: July 24, 2017”
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I Am Not Your Spic
By: Gabriela Yareliz I Am Not Your Negro (film) was a pretty emotional experience for me. It was probably emotional for every person who one day woke up and realized that he or she was being treated differently than his or her white counterparts. It was also probably a provocative affair for those watching who haveContinue reading “I Am Not Your Spic”
Wednesday Badinage: June 28, 2017
“Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don’t even recognize that growth is happening. We may feel hostile or angry or weepy and hysterical, or we may feel depressed. It would never occur to us, unless we stumbled on a book or a person who explained to us, that we were inContinue reading “Wednesday Badinage: June 28, 2017”
Planner
By: Gabriela Yareliz Not to sound like Pat Benatar, but life is a battlefield, and I am that woman. The planner. Always prepared. I always used my school planner, when I was younger. I even decorated it. I still have the same system, except now it’s in an Outlook calendar. My days have time slots,Continue reading “Planner”
Sunday Girl: June 18, 2017
By: Gabriela Yareliz Happy Father’s Day to all the papas out there! We are starting a new week! Last week, I celebrated one year with my love, and I ate a giant artichoke for the first time. It was peculiarly good. I feel like life has been such an adventure. I have been learning soContinue reading “Sunday Girl: June 18, 2017”
I AM THE “ME” IN ENDOMETRIOSIS
By: Gabriela Yareliz Hello beautiful friends! This post is about a campaign close to my heart: Get in the Know about ME in EndoMEtriosis. I had been learning a lot about this disease after I heard Julianne Hough was diagnosed with it, and then, my interest grew after I myself was diagnosed with it. It’sContinue reading “I AM THE “ME” IN ENDOMETRIOSIS”
Enjoy the Silence
By: Gabriela Yareliz (From earlier this week). I am writing this sitting in St. Paul’s Church. My hand curled around the edge of the pew, where I felt a piece of ancient gum that has probably been under the pew for longer than I have been alive. It didn’t even bother me. I am hereContinue reading “Enjoy the Silence”
Taj
“A good relationship is like the Taj Mahal; everybody simply wonders [at] how beautiful it is, but nobody understands how difficult it was to build.” Tania Mehra (edited for clarity) [Image from Pinterest @mylittlejourney]
Sabbath Inspiration: June 10, 2017
“But you must stubbornly walk into that room, regardless, and you must hold your head high. You made it; you get to put it out there. Never apologize for it, never explain it away, never be ashamed of it. You did your best with what you knew, and you worked with what you had, inContinue reading “Sabbath Inspiration: June 10, 2017”
Monday Inspiration: June 5, 2017
By: Gabriela Yareliz I am on my lunch break, thinking back at something my mom suggested, which is entirely true. As I am facing my newest hurdle in this magical and mysterious thing called life, she reminded me, “This is not like one of your cases that you can just resolve.” What is it aboutContinue reading “Monday Inspiration: June 5, 2017”
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