Different

I find little bits of Amy in myself all the time. People can change each other so much when they are around each other for extended periods of time. I find myself using words like "precious," phrases like "silly goose," and noticing certain ways that I inflect my voice when I talk; all are things that I picked up from Amy.

Amy changed me more than that. My entire life will be different -- and so much better -- then it would have been without her. Sometimes I try to imagine what it would have been like if we had never met, mostly out of regret...and I realize that I can't even imagine it. I am such a different person now. I feel like I was asleep before, and she woke me up. I think she woke a lot of people up.

Amy has sung me to sleep before too. I have heard her voice so clearly that it had to be real. I wish I could summon that experience whenever I want, but I suppose it is a blessing that will come when I need it.

Life is an interesting thing. We live, then we die, and the course of the people we encounter is forever changed. My life has been forever changed, and Amy knows my gratitude.