Crashing California

It's not often that you get that chance really. Can you think of the last time you did? Usually you meet someone, a friendship sparks and you grow ~ it grows. sometimes slowly through bonds of tea and long talks, sometimes quickly through circumstance or tragedy. But usually, I would wager almost always, you see & experience before you believe. Perhaps it wasn't necessarily just regarding Faith in Christ when Jesus told his disciples after his resurrection “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” Because it takes such faith to do so.  And sometimes believing in a Big and Gracious God is the easy part. What about believing in the love of others? Others who can, will and often do, let you down, because after all, we are all human I have been given the beautiful circumstance of loving people before I see them; with the revelation in January of my Father and his whole, rather large family . At first it did...

Galatians 5:22-25   22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. This mother's day our Pastor had asked us to read Galatians 5: 22-25 (the parts about the fruits of the spirit) and share a bit about our mother's, and how they exhibited one of those fruits. He had asked me to do the same but when I read it, something quite different stood out to me ~ Since we LIVE by the Spirit, let us keep in step with THE SPIRIT ... it reminded me of an old song my mom used to sing to me before bed. She would tuck me in and scratch my back and sing me one of three songs (or all of them, if I was particularly lucky that night). She would sing, Jesus Loves Me (ofcourse) Jesus Loves the Little Children, and ...

Our Anniversary Dessert at "Ruth's Chris" Restaurant Ahhh!!! A quick update =) April flew by, I was busy up the ying yang with freelance and other things ... our album was finally mastered (mid April) in New York City and is now complete and I am in the process of figuring out what's next, designing the album cover and graphics and such ... praying about what to do from here is strange and the process seems kind of anti-climactic at present. Work at JC has been a rollercoaster, they have fired our VP of Marketing (ofcourse, they didn't SAY that, but that's pretty much what happened) and also the VP of IT ... it's a strange time in the building and for our dept. -- we were basically told that if we can't turn the ship around in 90 days, it's going to be an interesting space ... so the dept. is on situation critical, lots of changes ... lots of agency meetings (which I am NOT invited too) lots of feeling like I"m really looking forward t...

where I am meant to be =) So, today, I figured that I would go for a bike ride for NO REASON, except for the sheer pleasure of feeling the wind in my face. Literally, I don't think I've done something without having some alternative "get it done" type purpose, in a VERY long time! I pulled out my littl rusty ruged beach cruiser and headed down Ocean Street (full of tourists on Spring Break) and then down to the sand of Tamarack Beach and rode as far as I could ... I just got back from my beach ride and it was FANTASTIC, and though today it has been a bit overcast and breezy, the clouds have been cooperating a bit and I was able to get out and just forget about some stuff and watch the waves roll in. I ended up "pulling-in" (haha) to some rocks and just sat there, staring out at the upturned waters, and prayed for a bit and just took in the ocean. It feels really good in my soul to just pray. I know that we prob. should feel that way all the time, b...

Today I am wearing a tailored suit jacket by the designer Jean Paul Gaultier. A french couture designer, this Jacket was made in Italy (so it's bearing patch says on the inside lining). I found this jacket-gem at the consignment store (which if any of you know me, know I refer to it lovingly as "my" consignment store).  I haven't been making to many apperances there as of  late, since I am trying to curb my shopping habit and my current wardrobe has literally broken my closet (I'm not kidding, Jay fixed it) but I simply cannot pass up a good deal, and this my friends, was a deal of all deals. The retail sticker price was still hanging in the coat -- a bland testament to it's earthy value and worth -- a white 3" x 1" tag from Barney's New York that reads $1240.  I paid $75. Clearly you can see the deal here.  The coat is very "Gaultier" by it's tailored cut, impecable lining and interesting european cuts and designer "un-belli...

I am going through a song writing kick as of late ... just dealing with all the extra emotion (or taking advantage of I guess) that's going on in life.  Been writing alot ... thinking alot and praying alot. Been busy alot too (haha!) JC work is blowing up -- but the good news is its working out great for me (sort of ... just really in the kudos dept.)  I guess the weekend that I went to the conference, all the leadership team here went to Switzerland and got their butts kicked by the marketing guy, so they came back and we need to redesign pretty much ALL our program materials because they are grotesquely outdated, lol, so yours truly, literally got told "Just do whatever you like" with our menu redesign, and I did, and they liked it ... seriously wish I could get a raise for helping them all keep their jobs, haha ... but all is well.  So, work is busy. Inbetween this I had gone to that conference in Saddleback ... the conference was really amazing ... it was very deep ...

Wow, sorry for the huge lag!!! I was going to try to wait exactly one month but I got a call from a wonderful friend yesterday (Murray) that guilted me (haha!!! not completely -- more like just kicked my butt into gear) into getting back on here and writing a bit.  There are reasons that I won't go into for the lag, and reasons that I will ~ I have just come through a very busy time (personal, obviously) and work and I've been waiting for the oportune time to dive back into things ... now seems like it. Here is a quick update from the Huzil front =) Things with my Dad are still going well.  We have calmed down a bit from talking and texting so often, but I find myself missing him when we don't for a couple days.  But this kind of relationship is really pretty strange to navigate and begin.  It's so instant and yet, so new all at the same time. (Everyone, here is my most favorite pic, so far, of my dad, I think it shows he quirky personality and his eyes, which a...