Our Story

Sterling and I met through his sister who is also an artist. He and I met online, and then in person the next day while he was in town. We recognized each other the moment we made eye contact. We each meant to stay and chat for about 15-20 minutes, but our conversation carried on for over 2 hours. It was more than chatting, we spoke of dreams, astral travel, traveling the world, divorce, heart ache and happiness. He went back to LA and I stayed in the town we met. We wrote letters and shared late night conversations over the phone. We got to know each other over miles and miles of distance which created a strong and powerful connection. 

We got to know each other through words and feelings.

 This went on for months and the connection grew. 

Then one night in the winter snow, just before Christmas we were reunited. 

I ran to him and jumped on him knocking his hat into the snow. 

I know for a fact, that we shared the most epic kiss in the history of kisses that night.

Sterling and I each have slightly different stories on how we came to know each other. 

This page is a bit of a read, but the words are precious. 

Sterling's Version

She was online friends with my sister who's a painter in Salt lake city, and curiosity got the best of me when I saw her picture show up and "People you may know" on Facebook. As soon as I found her blog I knew I was in love! Why? The advice she gave during rough times and the hopes and inspirations she had, I've only seen in very few people. It's one thing help someone else keep their head above water and it's a completely different ball game to be able to keep yourself floating when there's nothing else to grab on to. I could see her strengths and see the power she had in herself and knew that she was one of a kind.
I remember grabbing my laptop and showing her blog to my friend within seconds of finding her. The first thing he says "She's a pixie! A total fairy from the woods trying to live in this world…" and I knew he couldn't have been more right. Immediately I emailed her link to my dad and told him the same thing…"I'm in love!"

How creepy it may sound - I was in love with her before she even knew I existed.

I sent her an email asking if she knew anything about Astral Projection. Talk about a pick up line right? What do you tell to the girl who's heard it all? I've practiced this type of "dream walking meditation" for over three years and she seemed like the type of person that was into it. Plus it would help me understand how out of the box she really is. Some people dream but very few are dreamers.

Next was to see if I could get the princess of the woods to have a cup of coffee with me. All I needed was the one chance to throw myself onto the sacrificial alter of love and see if she'd take it or not…

I remember telling the friends I was staying with at the time, "You know that girl that you always wanted to ask out but never had the courage to actually do it? The one that everyone says 'got away'? Ya I'm going for it.". They laughed and wished me luck but little did they know that I was absolutely serious. There's something about this girl that I recognized and I had to see her in person to see if it was real. All I needed was to look her in the eye and see if she knew me.

When I watched her walk up and for the first time in years, I felt my heart skip. I'm suppose to be the guy that never feels nervous and can talk to anyone! I've met all kinds of celebrities while living in Hollywood and never felt anything different. They were all just people to me, just another human but Treetalker walks up with her ginormous eyes and all of a sudden I'm a deer in head lights. My mind starts racing "Play it cool Ster, play it cool, remember to breathe and blink…". She floats up to me and gives me a hug and we go inside and I remember that gravity exists again.

I figured I had around fifteen minutes to impress her but we ended up talking for almost two and half hours. She gave me a ride back to my friends place and as I got up to leave she gave me a hug. As I pulled back from the hug we made eye contact and I almost kissed her. Right then and there on a first date I ALMOST kissed her and the funny thing was that I could see it in her that she was just about to as well. I got out of the car, waited for her to drive out of sight and immediately started jumping up and down. I half expected myself to freeze in mid air with my fist up like a Japanese Anime Character but no - the natural laws of the universe still applied to me since she was not in my presence anymore…

I've never met anyone who not only see's the world like I do but lives it. She's been incredible to me and I can only hope to be able to keep her on her toes as much as she's been able to keep me on mine. She's the best of all worlds and has an incredible spectrum of light and dark in her that most people can't even comprehend. There's only so many people that cry when birds fly and can laugh when the sun dances.

Every day has been the first and last day of our lives and I'm thinking that as long as we live this way, we will be able to stay in love.

Rachael's Version

Late one night someone on facebook messaged me. I have a lot of facebook friends, a lot of them are blog readers like you and I am always open to chat with you guys and anyone on facebook. So, I chatted back. It was a boy named Sterling. We had been friends on facebook for a little while, but I didn't know much about him. He started talking about reflexology and astral projection. Astral projection is an out of body experience, like dream travel in a way. Something that I am interested in, but never really talked about on the blog. So, having someone talk to ME about it was exciting. We chatted for a few minutes and he got my interest. Sterling said he was in town for a few days before going back to LA and asked me to meet up and get some coffee. I figured it was perfect. He lived in a different state, we would talk about our weird stuff I would have a new friend and that would be all. 

I got ready the next day, I wasn't nervous at all, because I wasn't planning on dating him. I wasn't meeting up for a date.  I wasn't dressed to impress. I didn't even know what he looked like. I figured I would go, get some coffee and he would find me. 

I drove up to Coffee Pod, a coffee shop in my town, and started walking to the door. And that's when I saw him. I looked into his eyes and kind of tilted my head to the side. I have never seen this man in my life, but I recognized those eyes. I couldn't help it. I gave him a hug and said hello. I planned on staying for about 20 minutes, but I didn't leave for over two hours! I gave him a ride home and was a bit embarrassed about my 26 year old car. Sterling was the coolest guy I ever met! He was wearing a straw fedora, and carried a bag of crystals with him. You don't get much cooler than that in my book. We got in my car, and I explained, "This is my adventure car. It is 26 years old and has no reverse. It's a lesson in life... you can only move forward." I dropped him off and gave him one last hug. We made eye contact again for a second, and I felt that feeling of familiarity again. So familiar it was strange not to kiss him goodbye. It took everything to not to look behind me at his as I drove away. I was focusing my attention on asking my car, "WHY? WHY? WHY?! WHY NOW?!" Why did I just meet a great guy who lives so far away?! And why did I have the urge to kiss him?! 

I remember, later that night he mentioned the world had made him so hard he hadn't cried in quite some time. I said, "Just you wait... I'm going to open you up so much you will cry again, not just tears of sadness but tears of joy too. But along with that, I will make sure to make you smile every singe day."

I knew I couldn't forget him. Ever. 

He later moved back to LA, and we kept in contact the best we could. He moved around a bit, and we kept in contact. He called, and we wrote letters. We really got to know each other through those times. We learned that we both got married days apart, and our divorces went through days apart as well. When he living in the north, I was living in the south, and when he was on the west coast I was on the east coast. We learned that we have been through a lot of the same things. We were able to connect from a distance.

I was very busy, working two jobs and working 12 hours a day. I didn't have time for a real boyfriend so the letters and phone calls were perfect for me.

But, my life was off balance. Too much work, not enough love. 

Fast forward to now.... He is here, and I work much much less. My life has balance again. Because I am in love. We have slow mornings with breakfast and coffee. He writes and I paint or draw. I make us some coffee and we talk at the table, I make us dinner and we sit outside and look at the stars together. We dream together of traveling, of living in a little trailer and exploring the country. We talk about living in different countries and helping people. We read books together, and study together. We watch Doctor Who (I converted him!!) and we laugh and play like kids in love. We run errands and cook together like adults in love. We practice moon ceremonies and connect together like spirits in love. 

And when I look at him, I still recognize him.
And I know he recognizes me too.

I am so in love with this man, it makes me feel a bit crazy. He is the most amazing person I've ever met. I feel so honored to be at his side. He is my best friend, and my equal. (I've never felt that in a relationship before!) He sees the world the same way I do, and he and I grow together. He gets me, and I get him. I'm honored to have him be a part of my life, and a part of this blog.

 We can't wait to add more of our story to this blog. 

We've got big plans.