California Beautiful

Hey guys!
I have to stop going forever without writing.
It's not that I don't have anything to say, because I actually have a lot to say. lol.

Soooo..  I figured now that I have some free time, it would be a good time to write something.



So, over the weekend of November 14th, I was so blessed to have been able to attend the Rock 4 EB event supporting EBMRF in Malibu. I have been wanting to attend one of their events for a while and am so glad I finally had the chance to go. Thank you to Silvia and Andrea who made it possible.

I decided since I was coming all the way to LA for the first time by myself that I should check out a few places that I've been wanting to see while I was there. I flew into LA on Saturday, November 14. I checked into my hotel around 12:30p pacific time. Around 2pm I took an Uber to the Griffith Observatory which was about 1hr from my hotel. It was well worth it tho! The view from the observatory was breathtaking. You could see downtown LA, the ocean, and the hollywood sign. I'm also extremely fascinated with space and enjoyed the museum too much. I stayed there until about 5pm to watch the sunset and then took an uber back. I lost cell service while I was up at the observatory and couldn't connect with uber to get a ride back. I was kind of starting to get nervous, even though I wouldn't have minded getting stuck up there because it was so beautiful. haha. But luckily, just as I was walking toward the parking lot to try and regain service, an uber driver was dropping someone off and I asked him if he could give me a ride back to my hotel and he did. (I never regained service until we got to the bottom) So glad I made it back.
While I was walking around outside the observatory, this guy approached me and just simply said hi. I said hi back. He goes on to tell me he saw a story on ESPN about this boy and it really touched him and he just wanted to tell me to stay strong, never give up, and to have faith in God. I asked what story he saw and he looked it up on his phone and showed me. It was Jonathan Pitre's story. I said yes I have the same skin condition as him. He goes on to tell me "I just wanted to tell you don't listen to the negative things people have to say. Stay positive and never give up. People take so much for granted, like people that are healthy turn to bad things like alcohol, you know, and just waste their life away. They take so much for granted." He said, "The God I serve is my Lord Jesus Christ and he is an amazing God. Just look around, he created this. If He can create this, He can do anything. Anything is possible with God. I believe that He will heal you and others like you. My family was going through a bad time, my parents were always fighting, my sister was doing bad things and when we turned to God everything got better..." We talked for a while and exchanged contact info. I messaged him later that night and said "I'm glad you stopped to say hi. I enjoyed meeting you. Keep spreading positivity, kindness, and your faith." He messaged back and said, "Yeah I don't know why I did it actually God just spoke to me and I listened. Im glad I got the opportunity to meet you. And of course we are the light in this world and we have to reflect that. And yes as long as God gives me life I will spread positivity. And remember you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you."
I'd have to say God definitely put us both there at the exact same time and place so I could hear that.
I have a pretty strong faith and do believe that anything is possible with God but I have my days where I struggle and I just needed to hear that on that day. It's funny how God works.
Philippians 4:13 is my favorite bible verse.

The next morning, Sunday, November 15, I woke up around 6:50 am and went down to the hotel lobby for breakfast. I came back up to my room, which was on floor 7 btw, [in case you don't know, I have this thing with the numbers 7 and 13]. I got dressed and ready for the Rock 4 EB event just incase I didn't make it back to my hotel in time to get ready after my next adventure. Around 11am I took an uber to El Matador state beach. I got there around 12:15 and stayed for about 30 mins because it started raining. It was so beautiful and so worth the many flights of stairs to get down to the beach. My uber driver ended up staying with me so he could drive me back to LA and i'm glad he did because there were no other uber drivers around. haha. He was so nice. He walked all the way down to the beach with me. He used to be a butler for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I got back to my hotel around 2pm.
I got picked up around 3pm to head to the Rock 4 EB event.

The event was awesome! It was held at David Spade's manager's house. I met some new friends and saw some old ones. It was so nice to see and meet everyone!!
I also got to meet Randy Jackson, David Spade, Ed Sheeran (and Kev), and this really cool guy that works at NASA. They were all super nice! Ed Sheeran gave David Spade a chocolate chip cookie and David Spade gave it to me; I said I was never eating it but I gave in and it was the best chocolate chip cookie I've ever eaten.
I never got the chance to meet them but Kaley Couco, Courtney Cox, Cindy Crawford and family, Ian Ziering, Steven Levitan, Ed O'Neill, and Nina Dobrev were also there.
Ed Sheehan performed for about 2 hours and he was incredible as always. He's so incredibly talented.
About $600,000 was raised that night for EB research.
Thank you to everyone who attended/donated/volunteered and to Ed for playing a show for us! It was an amazing night!

I got back to my hotel late (I don't remember the time lol) and walked to McDonalds which was right next to my hotel. Came back to my room, ate, packed, and got ready for my 5 am flight back to Nashville the next morning. I only slept an hour that night lol. I had a layover in Denver and then I got back to Nashville around 2pm central time and crashed in my bed. My feet made me pay for about 2 weeks for all the walking I made them do. I think it's safe to say they are now fully recovered.

Oh and I forgot to mention, I strongly dislike flying United. They are so rude.

[PICTURES: I did take lots of pictures, If you'd like to see them, they are on my Instagram (link above) and I will post more on my FB and put a public link here >>>    <<<< very soon!!]

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Thanks for reading:)

Love
xoxoxox,
Sam

View of Dwtn LA from the Griffith Observatory

El Matador State Beach