I've gotten so much from the woman I'm dreaming of- enough that I'm afraid to imagine what my life would be like if I didn't have that foundation. And I know that's probably ridiculous, because it's not as if she physically gave me anything- I still had to put in all my own time and effort and money. But her ideas and her heart have guided me for so, so long.
When I was a kid, it was like having an imaginary friend. Someone who was just always sort of around, giving me dreams of fantastical things I never could have imagined otherwise. And even now that some of those things are in books and movies, it doesn't even begin to compare to the things she's shown me. (Which sounds so pretentious.)