About

Hello there! This blog is authored by Brian and Melanie Rickmann. We are a ridiculously in love couple who have decided to combine our previously separate creative efforts into one site, in hopes of reaching a broader audience while splitting the work between us. Brian is the singer and musician and Melanie is the aspiring writer, but here we will both be doing a bit of both. Now, in case you're interested, a little about us.


We both grew up in small towns in northern Nevada, USA. We met in high school and married in 2003, barely a month after Melanie graduated high school. Yep, crazy, we know, but lucky for us it's worked out really well. We have 2 boys, Sebastian born in 2009 and Oscar in 2013. They bring so much love and energy to our lives, we are truly grateful to be their parents.


We both sang and learned instruments during our childhoods and continued to do so through college. But Brian has a passion for music that has only grown stronger as he goes through life, and is now at the point where he wants to share it with as many people as he can. He enjoys writing his own music and collaborating with friends, as well as learning cover songs.

Melanie has been writing for as long as she can remember. She started her blog, Mel's Empty Journal, in 2012 and wrote there for 7 years on a variety of topics, including her eating disorder recovery, struggles with depression, parenting as a full-time working mom, and the experiences of Sebastian with his NF1 diagnosis.

Now together we are hoping to accomplish more than we have separately. We're going to bring some light and love to your life. We're going to encourage you. We're going to inspire you...with words and music written just for your soul.

Brian and Melanie