I am typing this as I sit in the middle of a McDonald’s at 8 am in the Zurich, Switzerland airport. I am the only person at McDonald’s (I guess there is no sense of urgency since breakfast is served all day now). I am simultaneously wired on coffee and exhausted from losing a night of […]
Mantra for March
I want to see the heart of things to be okay with sitting in tension to be at peace in the mystery but brave enough to ask questions I want to care enough to break the surface to believe that my desire to know more is not to pry, but to to care to acknowledge […]
Hand Cramps/ Head to Heart Truths
When I was a little girl and I got in trouble, I remember my parents or teachers would punish me through the process of writing sentences. This may be familiar to some of you. If you are unfamiliar, it would go something like this. 9 year old Calah would steal candy from the candy cabinet […]
Simplicity is the clue I was missing.
I am a thinker, an OVER over thinker, and anytime I lack clarity in any aspect of my life, I wander and wander and wander in my thoughts, thinking that if I do it enough, I will arrive at an answer. In fact, often, if I find myself not questioning anything in life, I assume that I […]
Sunshine makes it hard to really see things.
This morning, I woke up hearing the rain outside my window, and I knew this meant. Fall was among us, and winter is on it’s way. With the rain comes the cold. As I grabbed my baby blue north face raincoat and my polka dot rain boots, I opened the weather app to see a […]
I am not a Robot.
This one is for all the feelers out there. Sometimes I get really embarrassed of my emotions. I feel as if when God made me, he set the manual on my tear ducts as 60 percent higher than the rest of the world, and the delicacy of my heart was adjusted to the fragile setting. On most […]
Christmas Caroling Revelations
The past few years, my family has joined the masses in Jackson square for the annual Christmas Caroling. Since 1946, at approximately 6:30 p.m. hundreds of humans storm the gates of Jackson Square at the same time and stake their position outside of the St. Louis Cathedral to illuminate the center of the French Quarter with […]
: sadness and depression and hints of joy
“This doesn’t mean you and I won’t feel sad today, but it does mean we won’t feel sad forever.”
God winks.
I remember as a little girl, my teachers would always ask me if I had any God moments. When I was five, I probably classified a God moment as seeing a cloud shaped like Minnie Mouse. Later in life, it probably developed into a beautiful sunset on the ride home from school, and then turned […]
A Glimpse into the Red Light District
Originally posted on ellie:
“He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.” C.S. Lewis The beautiful thing is that once we believe this about ourselves, we believe it about others. When I walk into the Red Light District during…
CALAH MIKAL CABALLERO 