I think the world of Bob Faw! He is an inspiring motivational speaker, a vibrant author, a loving partner to the lovely Zsuzsi and, as of a few weeks ago, a loving HUSBAND to her as well. On January 6th, after many years of copacetic togetherness, Bob and Zsuzsi tied the knot in an intimate, tropical, romantic setting, to the tune of "Coming Home," the song Bob surprised her with in the very moment that they were becoming husband and wife!
Bob was captivated by Zsuzsi the first time he ever saw her. Their initial conversation, on the steps of the Cambridge Courthouse, long and meaningful, left him feeing more SEEN than he had ever felt in his life. And his early interactions with Zsuzsi - watching her dance, with utter joy and abandon - left him spellbound. He remains spellbound to this day, and filled to overflowing with the joy of expressing his love for this life-changing woman. I loved watching him light up, talking about her. As a life coach myself, I was really moved by what he shared of Zsuzsi's therapeutic philosophy, captured in a sign on her office wall that says, simply, "All Parts Are Welcome!"
I have known Bob for many years. He and I were team-building facilitators together. He has been a long-time subscriber to Song of the Month and always knew, he had told me, that someday he would be commissioning a song. And then one day, it hit him that that day was upon him. As we talked, he shared with courage and depth, which is just, really who he is. Bob is brave. He is willing to step into the uncomfortable spaces where truth sometimes resides. Not with everyone, not always. But with Zsuzsi, especially. And, meaningfully, as the song began to come together, with me, there in my office that day. I was moved to hear him share more about his personal journey, and Zsuzsi's as well - his involving a long and winding road from a very challenging start in life to a pathway of clarity and empowerment. And hers involving a journey all the way from her native Hungary to America, where she found that her approach to therapy and connection and life was deeply embraced and encouraged. Both travelled great distances from where they began, and both found the joy of that journey deepen and bloom, when they discovered one another.
So! We got the song--a surprise for Zsuzsi--written and recorded in time. Bob sent me a text from their tropical paradise the day after they were wed. I had told him I'd be waiting with bated breath to get the word of how it went over with her. But I don't mind saying, I was pretty darn confident we had nailed it, just based on Bob's response the first time HE heard it. His comment then: WOW! WOW! WOW! Anna, this song is amazing!! It fits my feelings so beautifully, the time evokes mood wonderfully, and the production value is amazingly high. You have exceeded my already high expectations." His note from the tropics, then, when he had shared it with Zsuzsi read: "The song went beautifully during the wedding ceremony! Zsuzsi loves it so much! She said, "I have never been loved like this before." She felt very touched by it. This morning, the day after the ceremony, she was listening to the song and looking at the lyrics with tears in her eyes. Our friend said it sounds like the kind of song you can hear on the radio. Truly well done, Anna! You are amazingly talented."
As glorious as it feels to have someone tooting my horn (believe me, I will likely never tire of that) it always hits me on an even deeper level when that long-awaited MOMENT arrives and I learn that we have "made the connection." It's hard to explain. So often, I work in such a focused manner on a song, and then I am not present when it is delivered. My whole world is a little bit in a forward, expectant tilt, waiting, hoping, trusting, wondering. Did we do it? Did we take a feeling, and bring it to life well enough that it resonates? Makes somebody FEEL the love flowing toward them? Was the connection - the one we really, really wanted to make - MADE?
Well. It was. We did it. Now it's me with tears in my eyes. MAN, I LOVE MY JOB!!!!!
Well. It was. We did it. Now it's me with tears in my eyes. MAN, I LOVE MY JOB!!!!!
COMING HOME
Zsuzsi, I have never felt this alive
And you, you feel it deep inside
And we, we play the same way
All parts are welcome in the way that we play
It’s a feeling I had never known
With you I feel like I’m coming home
When I hear that laugh, you are where I want to be
And your voice, I still can’t believe the way it soothes me
Magic hands, I can feel your touch down to my core
And the way you dance: passion, power!
The world is yours to explore (all over the floor)
It’s a feeling I had never known
With you I feel like I’m coming home
And there is a part of me
I don’t always show
But somehow you just see it and you
Already know just where to go
To show me that I’m already home
Zsuzsi, it is you and me
Zsuzsi, you are my family
It’s a feeling I had never known
With you I am already home
No way to feel alone
We are home
Best home I have ever known
(c) 2015 Anna Huckabee Tull, CustomCraftedSongs.com
Congratulations you two, B and Z! You are off to a marital start that is inspirational to us all. You know and are living what we all must remember. Life is short. Love is huge. It needs to be nurtured, honored, tended, and taken out to the tropics once in awhile, where you can look one another in the eye and in answer to the question, "Do you FEEL it? answer: I DO!
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