Free to fly head over heels

Tuesday...

Free To Fly...

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,

Love like you'll never be hurt,

Sing like there's nobody listening,

And live like it's heaven on earth.” 

― William W. Purkey

Weddings...meaning mine.

Diving For My Treasure

So it's wedding talk today, as it should be - I've been planning and daydreaming for so long now, and I know the actual day is going to fly by.  So let's just drag out the anticipation then, shall we?

I guess I've been a bit excited about everything, because I sure have been chatty lately...

I've been talking to the Deseret News National... (I'm the 4th one)

How Do You Know If It's Love At First Sight? 22 People Talk About How They Fell Head Over Heels Instantly

And Bustle, of course...(#4 again)

12 reactions that perfectly explain what it's like to meet the love of your life

Quick Updates!  Then back to wedding stuff :)

There are more images in my galleries at amyoes.com - check them out so you can shoot me some ideas - which art would you like to see for sale next as prints and cards on my Etsy shop?

Lots more writing on my Writer section - great places like Sammiches & Psych Meds, The Mighty, BlogHer, Mental Health Advocacy Group, and a ton more - I'll be sharing some of those articles later on.

My about section has some new little fun documentaries to watch - I know my story is pretty crazy and people are wondering, "what the heck does she mean that her stomach exploded?"  So watch!

I've planned a reception for my show Canvas Talk:  Tree Dreams at the Discovery Museum - more later on that.

I've gotten a few more opportunities to perform Gutless & Grateful!  (more on that later too) - my dream is to spread my story to those who need it most, and soon I'll be taking my show to a few hospitals and medical facilities.  Anyway I can reach out I'm there!

And Love...

It's pretty neat to read other people's stories of "love at first sight" - You can spend your life predicting and planning and hoping and wishing, but until it happens to you, there's nothing in the world that can describe the amazing feeling of finding a home in someone else's heart. 

And...You know it's not love unless you can write a poem about it.

So here's a little poem.  How we met.

Brandon's Poem

By Amy

The days feel quite the same and lonely

When time is spent by just you only

Two by two I watched old friends

Swoon and create fairy-tale ends

I felt such great joy for each match

Though I remained unattached

Couldn’t help but sit and wonder

How love’s spell must put you under

Thought my life was too rough to

Entrust it all to someone who

Would be there to share my world

And see me more than just a girl

But what the hell, I’ll take a leap

I’ll go online and find some creep

Who has no better thing to do

But cyber-chat ‘bout nothing new

So here I go writing about me

For all in cyber-space to see

I’ll upload pictures, go all out

I’ll show some guys what I’m about

Day One was hardly over when

I’d been messaged by tons of men

Who liked the profile that I listed

Who knew all these guys existed?

I responded, made a date

Then as it was getting late

I get a cute and curious note

I really liked all that he wrote

Responses turned to novels soon

As we found we sung a similar tune

We shared the same interests and joys

He just was not your typical boy

We confided thoughts quite large and deep

How great his company was to keep

Although it was only through internet

It was unbelievable that we had never met!

By that first time we went out together

I felt like we knew each other better

Than anyone could after one date

Looked like we found the other’s soul-mate

I love him ‘cause he makes me laugh

He is my dorkier, manlier half

He cooks with me, he plants, he plays

He puts such wonder in my days

We geocache, we nature-walk

He’s there to lean on, there to talk

He takes my crap, sarcasm, and teasing

He hugs my shoulders when I’m freezing

He takes my burdens even when I’m quiet

He loves my crazy protein diet

He’s keen, astute, not just book-smart

He’s intuitive and understanding with heart

He’s better at finger-picking his guitar

And he’s got better knife skills by very far

He knows much more about his computer

He’s all of that – but I’m MUCH cuter!

I never thought my time would come

Where I’d so randomly meet someone

Who shares what I feel about life as I know it

The role he plays for me is heroic

I'm clueless how such love can grow

But some things we don’t need to know

What strikes our gut at any time

Affects us without reason or rhyme

By my unwavering trust in who you are

And you haven’t done me wrong so far

No longer am I sad and stuck

You’ve got me – you and your hefty truck

You put up with all that I am

And tell me it’s made you a better man

Well, I can only hope that I

Can keep your expectations high!

You’ve made me happy, made me care

How precious is the love we share.

Before I go...

Tell me your love stories - for anyone, for anything!  Who is the miracle in your life?

Here's my little secret - I won my fiance over with chocolate whoopie pies.

(shhh...it's a secret.  but you can get the recipe here!!!)

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” 

― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well