En La Gloria de Dios

Last week I was thinking of my grandpa and found this song on iTunes. It is such a beautiful song by one of my favorite latin artists Ricardo Montaner. To my surprise he sings this song with his daughter, Evaluna. The video although very simple made me fall in love with the song because you can tell he has such an admiration for his daughter.

Again, beautiful. :')

La gloria de Dios maneja mi vida

con hilos de amor, que puso en mi alma

me lleva hasta él.

La gloria de Dios, gigante y sagrada,

me carga en sus brazos, alienta mis pasos,

me llena de paz y miel.

Sale a jugar cuando me viene a ver

y me deja ganar.

En la gloria de Dios tendré

el descanso para mis pies,

con su manto mi frío desaparecerá

y descansaré.

De la gloria de Dios vendrá

bendición y abundante pan,

para ti, para mí, y a quien quiera venir

a la gloria de Dios.

La gloria de Dios maneja mi vida

con hilos de amor, que puso en mi alma

me lleva hasta él.

La gloria de Dios, gigante y sagrada,

me carga en sus brazos, alienta mis pasos,

me llena de paz y miel.

Sale a jugar cuando me viene a ver

y me deja ganar.

En la gloria de Dios tendré

el descanso para mis pies,

con su manto mi frío desaparecerá

y descansaré.

De la gloria de Dios vendrá

bendición y abundante pan,

para ti, para mí, y a quien quiera venir

a la gloria de Dios.

En la gloria…

Oh, de la gloria de Dios vendrá

bendición y abundante pan,

para ti, para mí, y a quien quiera venir

a la gloria de Dios.

Para ti, para mí, y a quien quiera venir

a la gloria de Dios.

En la gloria de Dios,

hago de ti, pan,

gloria, gloria, gloria, gloria.

En la gloria…

Desaparecerá, descansaré.

En la gloria de Dios…

Sólo, sólo la gloria de Dios.

Gloria, gloria, gloria…

Music

I've been up since late last night cleaning and dusting and cleaning and dusting. Yesterday was a good day. As good as it can get after what happened. I was feeling optimistic and energized. But then I got emotional and I haven't been able to shake that feeling. I'm really trying to keep myself busy and not make too much noise as hubby got a little sick. He's fine, just a cold. But it got me thinking of how much he means to me and how different things would be without him. I am just so darn lucky to have him in my life. I hope he feels better soon.

So in order for me not to wake him I put my iPod on and listened to music as I cleaned. I put Pandora and it immediately started playing the last station I created; which just happened to be a Whitney Houston station. I created it when she passed to remember her for her great music. Any who, the first song that started playing was "Dreaming of You" By Selena. Oh my Lord, it hit me hard. Because that is exactly what I had been doing. I'd been staying up all night since I found out and talking to God and my little sweet angel. Dreaming, I guess.



I just broke down in tears as silently as I could. At that moment I realized I'm going to have some really good days and some really low ones. Things are going to happen that are going to trigger those emotions and feelings and I'll break down. I'm okay with that. It's a part of grieving, but gosh it's a hard one.

So just when I'm sobbing and feeling my heart come out of my chest another song comes on. This song is "When you Believe" by Whitney Houston. It is beautiful. I couldn't believe how comforting it was to hear it. It was as if God and my Angel were telling me not to give up. To just believe. And soon not only will things be alright, but if I believe maybe there will be that miracle.



It could all just be a coincidence, but at this moment I'll take any little glimpse of hope that God offers me.

A Happy Spirit

I am feeling so good today. My spirit is as happy as can be :). And listening to "Play for Change" always makes me smile even bigger.

Getting Back on Track.... While Listening to Adele

The not so exciting moment when you need to weigh yourself knowing you've ate everything that's wrong came to me today. I could've just ignored my body and not weighed in. I could've just said "mañana," which means tomorrow in spanish... but I didn't. I decided to take responsibility for my actions and suck it up. I removed every piece of clothing from my body. Even my pint size earings where too much for this. And slowly I got on it. I closed my eyes and counted to ten. I opened them to realize I had gained weight. I was bummed. But what made this even worst for me was that I again was above 200lbs. 201.6lbs to be exact. I was upset with myself because there is no excuse. There is no excuse for what I chose to eat. So I decided to finally regain my composure and go back to what worked. it's as simple as that. Exercise and healthy dining. I know the things that hurt my metabolism (soda & sugar being the top two). I can have it once in a while or a little at a time, but I know that hasn't been the case. I know that i've over done it. And now I must take back control and get with it. So I had a nice healthy meal which consisted of chicken and broccoli soup... and a side of fresh fruit. I had some bubbly water with lemon to wash it down. Later on I pushed myself to the gym. I ran for an hour and hit the elliptical for a good 30 minutes. It was a good welcoming work out. I feel great :) I'm glad I have taken the initiative. It's hard y'all, but I need to do this for me. Wish me luck!

On other news, I'm addicted to the sounds of Adele. Everyone has heard the song "Rolling in the Deep". At least I think so. I fought hard not to fall into the trap... but yesterday while in search of new music for my ipod I downloaded her cd "21" and ohmyGOD! It is awesome! Her voice and style remind me of Ella Fitzgerald. She has such a soulful sound. I love her! "21" is an awesome album. It's been on replay the whole day. These are my faves from this CD thus far....

El Amor Que Perdimos-Prince Royce

I downloaded Prince Royce CD. Now let me tell you, for 6.99 I consider this an excellent purchase. I love many if not all of the songs. They're sweet and heartfelt. . .they're beautiful.

You see, there are some songs that I love because they're fun and have an awesome beat. . .and simply serve my need to get hyped up and then there are those songs that I can relate to, and cry to, and simply tie a knot in my throat. This is one of the songs that does the latter. The lyrics are soooooo beautiful that I think even if you can't relate you can feel his pain. I looooove it! By the way, it's in Spanish, so sorry if you don't understand the language, but try and you might love it too =)

Lyrics

anoche soñe yo contigo del amor que perdimos del amor que tanto eh sufrido y ahora estoy perdido tu me desias que me amabas, pero en mi espalda tu me engañabas por eso esque nuestro amor a fracasado talves no sabes cuanto te ame pero siempre llore aunque tu nunca mi amor no allas notado tus labios me desian te amo y tus ojos me rechasaban por eso esque hoy yo mujer ya no te creo  [coro]  yo te ame te adore no te qiero veeieie y sufri hasta el fin no te qiero veeieie (x2)  (royce!)  duramos una noche amando y la otra peliando y aunque todo segia igual, pasaban los años a pesar de tus engaños tu me diste un milagro ese fruto de tu vientre que yo mas amo  [coro]  yo te ame te adore no te qiero veeieie y sufri hasta el fin no te qiero veeieie (x2)  (quisiera llorar!) sentimiento come on!  [coro]  yo te ame te adore no te qiero veeieie y sufri hasta el fin no te qiero veeieie (x2)

Much love,

Sandrah

"Missing My Baby" By Selena

One of my favorite Selena songs is Missing My Baby. This song is just beautiful and it truly brings back memories of my younger years. LOL. Seriously, I was such an emotional wreck! Haha. . .