Each moment I just had to take a breath and remember why. Why I’m doing this.
God knows it isn’t because I wanted to have a poetry book out there for the world to critique. Fifteen isn’t for me. It’s because God has called me to do it for you. For the people who need to read it, who need a helping hand.
Blog post, Oct. 2020
It’s been a whole year since Fifteen was published, a whole year since I wrote those words, and so much has changed since then, and yet, so much is the same. It’s strange to look back and see exactly what I was thinking during that time period, what was going through my soul as I readied myself to launch my first book.
I’ll forever be proud of Fifteen.
It’s the story my heart needed to tell, it’s what I wanted everyone around me to hear and believe. The poems that fill Fifteen are poems that tell a story, a story that I felt everyone has lived, everyone has understood.
The story of a person breaking, but trying to tape themselves back together. The story of a person who loses it, but then realizes that they don’t want to be the person sunk in depression anymore. They don’t like who they are anymore.
So they start picking up the pieces and learning. Learning what it is to be a person in a world that is broken. The story is about finding joy among broken things, finding love in broken people, and loving your broken body.
Today I’ll be doing my very first book signing at a coffee shop, and I couldn’t be more excited to be able to talk to people about my book. I can’t wait to see people holding my book, flipping through it’s pages. It’s something to know that people ordered my book, it’s a totally different thing to see it in people’s hands.
So happy birthday, Fifteen.
I’m so glad you’ve been in the world for a full year. I’m so glad you’ve been able to touch people, and I pray you touch so many more in the future.
~~Amie~~
AMIE ANNE 
Happy book birthday!! I absolutely loved reading this poetry book, and it touched my heart deeply. You’re such a talented writer, Amie. Thank you for sharing your words with the world!
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Thank you for reading my words! It’s such an honor to be an instrument in your life.
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Wow, one year! That is so exciting! I wish I could be there for the book signing. 💖 Fifteen is beauriful and I am so glad that you published it.
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I wish you could be here. 😦 But I know you’re here in heart!
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Yes definitely. 💖
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I can’t believe it’s been a year already! I bought Fifteen when it first came out and I can’t even count the ways that helped me through probably the toughest time of my life. Thank you for writing it and sharing a bit of yourself with me. Reading it was like having a close friend wrapping me up in a blanket and whispering in my ear, “everything is going to be okay.”
Thank you Amie! May God bless you in your efforts to serve and bless others. ❤
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Aw. *gives you a hug* Thank you so much for this comment, Mattie. And I’m glad that it helped you. You’re an amazing person. ❤
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happy birthday, fifteen!! thank you for writing this book, Amie.
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