Ok, today was offically "No Acting Stuff" day. I took the kids to school and then rode up the PCH with a friend of mine. I think we ended up in Ventura county which was pretty cool since I had never been farther than Malibu. It was such a pretty drive and I just loooove the beach. Just being near the beach and seeing the water somehow brings me peace and contentment. Looking over the vast Pacific gives me such perspective. On one side of the highway there is this huge, amazing, beautiful ocean, on the other side there's huge mountains as far as the eye can see. God is so amazing. I mean really, really amazing...We tend to think of Picasso or Da Vinci as the masters of art, but I say that God is the true Master of art and composition. He can make the most unlikely combinations a thing of radiant beauty. Like the rocks next to the ocean or that blue and black lizard I used to see growing up. Or me and E...lol. I thought about E as I rode down the coast. My very first trip to LA was with him in 2003, and we had driven this same stretch of highway. We'd heard of this "great" restaurant called Neptune's and we were determined to find it. We had no idea that it was sooo far down the PCH..lol. When we finally found it...it was like this little dive with like 7 picnic tables on a porch outside, we were like "Are you kidding me!" LOL. But, as we all know, looks can be decieving. That place was definitely no frills, but it had like the best, freshest seafood ever!

I felt very nostalgic as we passed Neptune's today. It was bittersweet, but more sweet than bitter. I pointed the restuarant out to my friend, but then had no words to explain why. As I looked at my friend, Bryan (he doesn't like to be called that, but his mama named him Bryan, so I'mma call him Bryan), words again failed me. Life is so crazy!! I met him shortly after I moved to LA, but we've really gotten close since I returned from Chicago in June. He'd also lost a loved one to cancer not too long ago and has been an amazing source of support and strength. And when I say amazing...I mean absolutely amazing. His presence in my life has been nothing short of a gift. I am in constant AWE of how God works in my life...or uses me to work in the lives of others. Especially when I see the vastness of the oceans and the mountains and I get a glimpse to how Big the world is...yet God still takes time to be the Master of Composition for my little life.