Broken

Lovely the Band
November 5, 2018

I don't get the name of this band, and why they named it that, but I do love this song!

Broken

I like that you're broken
Broken like me
Maybe that makes me a fool
I like that you're lonely
Lonely like me
I could be lonely with you

I met you late night, at a party
Some trust fund baby's Brooklyn loft
By the bathroom, you said let's talk
But my confidence is wearing off

These aren't my people
These aren't my friends
She grabbed my face and that's when she said

I like that you're broken
Broken like me
Maybe that makes me a fool
I like that you're lonely
Lonely like me
I could be lonely with you

There's something tragic, but almost pure
Think I could love you, but I'm not sure
There's something wholesome, there's something sweet
Tucked in your eyes that I'd love to meet

These aren't my people
These aren't my friends
She grabbed my face and that's when she said

I…

Letter from Paul The Apostle

April 7, 2018

From the movie, Paul the Apostle

Letters from Paul

Dear friend,

I may be able to speak the languages

of human beings and even of angels,

But if I have no love,

My speech is no more than a noisy gong

Or a clanging bell.

I may have the gift of inspired preaching;

I may  have all knowledge and understand all secrets;

I may have all the faith needed to move mountains,

But if I have no love,

I am nothing.

I may give away everything I have,

And even give up my body to be burned,

But if I have no love,

This does me no good.

LOVE IS PATIENT AND KIND;

IT IS NOT JEALOUS OR CONCEITED OR PROUD;

LOVE IS NOT ILL MANNERED

OR SELFISH OR IRRITALBE;

LOVE DOES NOT KEEP A RECORD OF WRONGS;

LOVE IS NOT HAPPY WITH EVIL,

BUT IS HAPPY WITH THE TRUTH.

LOVE NEVER GIVES UP;

AND FAITH, HOPE, AND PATIENCE NEVER FAIL .

LOVE IS ETERNAL.

LOVE, PAUL

Corinthians 13:1-8

Someone Just Like This

Someone Just Like This

Cold Play and The Chainsmokers
July 2, 2017

When I was much younger, I set myself for failure time after time. I unconsciously, yet willingly, set myself for defeat because I only regarded people’s external features. Looking back, I only desired to praise my youth and celebrate my athletic victories. Deep down I only yearned some sort of personage like the one Cold Play and The Chainsmokers portray in their song, Something Just Like This. Someone who wanted to stand by me through good and bad, through rough and smooth, someone who would love me for being me, someone who’d be there for me at my absolute worse no matter what…

I don’t need no fairy tale hero, no Achilles, no Hercules, no Superman, or Batman. My super hero is much more powerful than that. Someone who gives me a chance to miss and be missed, and treat me like his equal, someone who understands and clearly visualizes my essence...

Someone Just Like This

I've been reading books of old
The legends and the myths
Achilles and his gold
Hercules and his gifts
Spiderman's control
And Batman with his fists
And clearly I don't see myself upon that list

But she said, where'd you wanna go?
How much you wanna risk?
I'm not looking for somebody
With some superhuman gifts
Some superhero
Some fairytale bliss
Just something I can turn to
Somebody I can kiss

I want something just like this
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo
Oh, I want something just like this
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo
Oh, I want something just like this
I want something just like this

I've been reading books of old
The legends and the myths
The testaments they told
The moon and its eclipse
And Superman unrolls
A suit before he lifts
But I'm…But I'm not the kind of person that it fits

She said, "Where d'you wanna go?
How much you wanna risk?
I'm not looking for somebody
With some superhuman gifts.
Some superhero,
Some fairytale bliss.
Just something I can turn to.
Somebody I can miss.
I want something just like this.
I want something just like this."

Reasons Why I Love You

Reasons why I love you:


You give me good advice
You trust me and I trust you
We can be ourselves around each other
We are a team
You are very noble
You are VERY, VERY guapo (handsome)
You never judge me
You are family oriented
You are very caring and hardworking
You are respectful
You are a gentleman
You always spoil me
You protect me
You make me laugh
You are an AMAZING cook
You always put me first
You love and respect others
You are compassionate
You are responsible
You always have words of affection for me
You are always there for me
You are understanding
You are patient with my demands
You are always there for me
You are very forgiving
You don't hold a grudge on me when I annoy you

Today, I am one step from accomplishing one of my purposes. YOU!
You happened very naturally without forcing things in any shape, way or form
at God's time and will, NOT at mine.
Had I known that, I wouldn't have spent all my youth stumbling upon many blocks
and causing myself unnecessary grief 
It will be magical living with you and coming home to you.
I am glad it will be you and ONLY you, and I wouldn´t want it any other way.

Esposo, husband, I love you. I am looking forward to our one year anniversary!

Transparency in its purest form

Transparency in its purest forms
December 6, 2014
By: Gina Yoryet Roman

I am on a countdown, just 20 days away from one of the most important days of my life. Little did I know that mother fortuna had all the stars aligned at the right time and place, for me to be with the right someone, THE one! There’s a blend of joy, pride, hope, and victory stirring within. Finally, and for once, I’ve come acquainted with tranquility. Being disturbance free didn’t happen at the blink of an eye, I’ve worked cumbersomely for my soul to attain transparency day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. In result, that strenuous endeavor has been my first and foremost reason to cut all  ties with all past inner turmoil. That long-sought serenity achieved after becoming disciplined and persistent, has finally mirrored within and out...

All it took was self-acceptance, confidence and love, but more importantly, ‘BELIEVE,’ that when you ask for something and have faith, it shall be given to you at God’s time, NOT at your time.

Since we’ve been together, everything has flowed just right, the way it should when two lonely and hungry souls meet love in its purest forms. When we met, we were both very happy and fulfilled people, but since our paths crossed, we complemented each other and filled that ‘something’ missing. Our joint force has led us to get familiarized with plenitude. Even though I feel like a stranger in my own body and physical wholeness seems more like a distant memory, (at this time, my prerogative is to be injury free) I affronted the face of spiritual, personal, emotional, mental, financial and professional entirety.

Unlike ten, fifteen years ago when I prioritized my outer shell’s wholeness and overlooked all other types of absoluteness. The more competitive I was, the bigger my ego enlarged, and the ‘better’ I looked. Ironically, deep down I knew that the more I fed my vanity, the more insecure I became, the more the inner me outcried to find true, spontaneous and everlasting love. My outer self was the perfect facade to conceal the real me and the less attuned I felt with ‘my reality.’ The more imperfect perfectionist I became, the more I welcomed everything and everyone I NEVER wanted because I didn’t regard myself as ‘worthy’ of something better fitting according to my standards. 

Fast forward to today, I unconsciously, but very willingly and joyfully, fell for J.V. A. for many common reasons. He is everything I always wanted. He is catholic (I ALWAYS wanted that in a partner in order to have a solid relationship), we are VERY close in age, he doesn’t have any children from prior relationships, (I have always wanted my own family), he is very smart, loving, giving, caring, understanding, and forgiving. At such young age, he is a high achiever, a go getter as well as professionally ambitious. He is very open to learning my language and culture. The best of all is that we are on the same page, we are aligned in so many other ways, we want the same things in life at the right time and place...

That time and place is right now and through our shared acumen of transparency, we will be lifetime partners...

The semblance of love

The semblance of love
August 15, 2014
By: Gina Yoryet Roman

“It is not negotiable, nor is it relative, but absolute.”

'Semper Fidelis,' is more than a fancy slogan. It is truly a way of life. "Always faithful." It isn't "Sometimes Faithful." Nor is it "Usually Faithful...

Ever since I was a teenager, I was always in love; I was enamored with life, my family, my friends, my loved ones, my surroundings, and with the beauty of nature. Yet, I longed for the love of my blue prince. After many years of trial and error, of being temporarily bent, my wounded and wrung out heart, made a steadfast come back, and here I am, a survivor. Now, in exactly a day and half, I will be in the arms of my soul mate, my TRUE love, the one I had awaited for, all my life. When love first re-appeared on my door earlier this year, I was incognizant to that warm and tender, yet somewhat repressed feeling within, that I became a bit distraught for the sake of fear...

That brief episode of denial only lasted a few days, until I had a face-off with Gina Yoryet and decided to accept it embrace it, and be thankful for this new God given opportunity.  I’ve emphasized to him that the long hiatus that I took, was worth every single second of it because our paths have finally crossed. The moment couldn’t have been any more perfect for our longing souls.

Right now I am caught amidst frenzy, excitement, joy, victory and hope. Now that love is knocking on my door stronger than ever (and I hope till the end of time), why not give it another shot when I was least expecting it? Why not walk hand in hand till one of us expires? Why not just let it flow? 'Carpe Diem,' Enjoy the pleasures of the moment, without concern of what the future holds for us? Why not put aside all differences, fears and worries and just go for it?

I am a bit flabbergasted because I know that it won’t be easy for a number of reasons (NOT because we don’t love each other), but due to the small, but not impossible obstacles lying ahead of us. For the first time in my life though, I’ve mellowed down, and I am giving all of me (I want this man’s last name, his babies. I yearn to be his loyal and loving wife); my mind, body, heart and soul, I want to work at loving him every single day, I want to think about what is the best for ‘us’ under any circumstances, I’ve already decided to love and respect him every single day of my life. For the first time EVER, it will be, ‘us,’ ‘we,’ as opposed to, ‘I,’ ‘me.’ These seeds that I am planting slowly and thoroughly, will keep the spark alive twenty, thirty, forty years down the line.

I want to have the same type of love grandpa Hal and grandma Mary Lou professed to each other more than fifty years ago until death separated them. And only then will I look back and pride myself that I accomplished another one of my victories.

I yearn to growing old with J. V. A. because there couldn’t have been anyone better than him for me, or anyone better for him than me.

Therefore, it is now that I’ve decided to start a new episode in my existence and 'Semper Fidelis,' be loyal to him for the rest of our lives. All the emotions and excitement stirring inside, are the realization that have led me to unleash all the repressed feelings and celebrate…

Love

The love that I have always believed in…
The TRUE love that I’ve finally encountered..
The love that can be manifested in so many ways now that the man of my dreams is walking with me hand in hand till the end of time.

I love you J. V. A.!