This Week’s Picks: November 10, 2013

By: Gabriela Yareliz Frosty morning to you. That is what this morning was. It has been so incredibly cold. We’ll all be drinking Barley drink (Kaffree Roma-substitute for coffee) and our (eye) glasses will be fogged as we seek warmth. We are now condemned to months in tights, boots, gloves, coats and wind. On theContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: November 10, 2013”

This Week’s Picks: November 3, 2013

By: Gabriela Yareliz Welcome November! Can you believe it? Already November. It is so cold outside, and it gets dark quickly. In one day, the temperature changed like 15 degrees. There is longing in the air. Longing for: seeing pets, family laughter, eating soup, staying under the covers all morning, reading something that makes youContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: November 3, 2013”

Notes on love

By: Gabriela Yareliz 1] Friendship first is a solid foundation 2] I no longer wish to be loved childishly. I want to be loved with the strength and charm of maturity. I don’t want to be smothered by the fear of jealousy and insecurities. I don’t want a relationship based solely upon shutting the worldContinue reading “Notes on love”

Quotes

People don’t like love, they like that flittery flirty feeling. They don’t love love – love is sacrificial, love is ferocious, it’s not emotive. Our culture doesn’t love love, it loves the idea of love. It wants the emotion without paying anything for it. It’s ridiculous. Matt Chandler Decide that you want it more thanContinue reading “Quotes”

Chris Fabry Live! Crazy Commitment

By: Gabriela Yareliz I really enjoyed this program. Marriage is not having the tingles, it’s crazy commitment. It’s getting down in the mud together. This commitment can only come from God.-Chris Fabry Live! (paraphrase; Oct. 10, 2013 program) Click here to listen to the interesting program.

Autumn Thoughts

Below are some picks from http://autumnindie.tumblr.com. A very quotable blog. “She asked, ‘You are in love, what does love look like?’ To which I replied, ‘Like everything I’ve ever lost came back to me.’” Nayyirah Waheed “Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. YourContinue reading “Autumn Thoughts”

Tengo ganas de ti: Hache y Gin

From: Tengo Ganas de Ti, a Federico Moccia book/film “Gin, una chica que hace lo que le da la gana y no le da explicaciones a nadie.”-H