One year ago today I got a ping in my inbox from a total stranger. Over the last twelve months, that stranger has become one of the best friends I’ve ever had and an invaluable member of my family.
One year ago I would never have believed it possible that meeting a stranger online could effect my life so dramatically and with so much immediacy.
But I was wrong.
Thank you Dave for helping me find a future without ceiling and for being a tireless ear for all my dreams and random ramblings.
It was one year back, and yeah those months had been crazy -
I’m not like a dude who lives a life to be lazy,
but the ceiling right above us wore a weight that was CRUSHING.
And this part of the parable will prompt me to blushing,
’cause we were conjuring loco, me and my spouse,
’bout hanging a GONE FISHING sign up on the side of our house.
The preschool that we had, it was a beautiful blast,
but something we were ready to release to our past.
Our children were growing like it was two days for one;
evolutionizing all our definitions for fun.
Cashing out our chips and playing our hand,
yeah, but meeting my match, you see that part wasn’t planned.
I met my online brother on the 20th of Aug,
but did not yet know it’d be like a wheel to a cog.
Elegant machinery has moved since that day,
altering my life in a significant way.
Working with a partner’s like drawing 3 out of 2,
with someone always pulling all the best out of you.
Working with a friend is even better than that,
’cause you develop your own rhythm in a rat-a-tat-tat.
With Dave it’s been a bit of both, like berries and cream
a confident, creative and collaborative dream.
Oh yeah, I’m a dude. I guess I’ll manly it up now
Spit tobacco, hitch my belt, and furrow my brow.
Hammers, machine guns, vikings and lions.
Boxing, steak, Rambo, and half naked Hawaiians.
Thank you buddy for a year that has been filled with art.
A little bit of humor and a lot of your heart.
It’s cool beans but cooler; it’s Sam Jackson in snow.
It’s been a helluva year and I just thought you should know.
I appreciate your talent, your ethics and praise;
your kindness and your candor; all your creative ways
of saying and sketching and drawing it out -
ensuring our ideas don’t dry up to a draught.
Our first year was awesome,
this next is all IMAX in 3-D.
Let’s blow the baby up to be the best it can be.
To celebrate our first successful year, Dave and I have rebooted both our office and workshop. Check out the new digs at both Ghostwriter Dad and the Collective Inkwell today.
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