I met taylorswift approximately 48 hours ago on 9/9/2015 in Houston at Minute Maid Park. Crazy, right? I KNOW!!! Believe me. I have had the hardest time trying to figure out what to make of my AMAZING, UNFORGETTABLE Wednesday night that I spent with my #1 girl so it has literally taken me 2 days to gather my emotions enough to write something or attempt to verbalized my surreal night. UGH… SO HERE IT GOES!
BACKGROUND:
I’ve been a HARDCORE Swiftie for nearly 10 years! Ive been to every Houston show for a total of 6 shows! My first encounter with her was a few years before her first headlining tour, Fearless.
My husband and I had gotten free tickets in 2007 to the Verizon Wireless for a cancer benefit that her and Jason Aldean were performing at. Here was this amazing, vulnerable, genuine and vibrant 16 year old talking about heartbreak and how she had wrote these songs about it, and within minutes, she totally captured my heart. Being only a year older, I felt an instant connection to her. The way she connected with the audience was so special to me. I remember telling my husband, “THIS GIRL IS MY SOUL SISTER” and the rest has been history!
PRESENT DAY:
When I went to buy tickets about a month ago, I planned on buying normal seats (like I had every other time prior). However, a really good friend of mine pressured me to buy floor tickets. Since I really didn’t have the cash to spend 900$ on tickets, she offered to buy them for me. I AM SO THANKFUL THAT SHE DID! I took my husband to the show (he’s attended every show with me so it’s kinda been our “thing”). We sat in FLOOR S, SEC 24, SEAT 21 and 22 – which also happened to be aisle seats. LUCKY US!
The month leading up to the show, I kept telling everyone that I WAS going to meet Taylor. With the exception of my husband, EVERYONE LAUGHED AT ME AND SAID IT WASNT GOING TO HAPPEN. It’s honestly hard for me to explain, but there was just something in my heart that kept telling me that it was fate. My husband and I made a tutu with lights so I could stand out as much as possible in hopes that I could get Mama Swift’s attention and receive a coveted Loft 89 pass. AGAIN, EVERYONE LAUGHED AT ME FOR FANGIRLING SO HARD AND WEARING A TUTU. Haha. All of my adult friends and coworkers thought I was incredibly childish and crazy. They’ve all constantly judged me over and over for loving taylorswift as deeply as I do. They just don’t understand how someone I had never met could mean so much. But whatevs.
CONCERT:
Anyway, the concert was just amazing. I can’t even find the words to do it justice. I screamed and danced and cried more than I ever have my entire life. The people around me kept making remarks about me being obnoxious and saying how I wouldn’t shut up, but I didn’t care! I was off in my own little world – just vibing with my girl and enjoying the moment. I WAS TOTALLY LIVING AND LOVING LIFE AND NOTHING AROUND ME MATTERED!
A song or two into Taylor’s performance, I happened to look behind me, and about 200 feet away, WAS MAMA SWIFT! I jumped so high and started screaming “MAMA SWIFT! I LOVE YOU!!” She looked over at me and smiled and waved. The concert continued and I loved every second! During her costume change before her Wildest Dreams/Enchanted mashup, I was standing up while screaming “Taylor, I LOVE YOU” while everyone around me was sitting down. NEXT THING I KNOW, MAMA SWIFT IS WALKING TOWARDS ME!!! Again, I screamed, “MAMA SWIFT! I LOVE YOU” while holding out my arms for a hug. At this point we are hugging so tight and she’s saying, “I LOVE YOU TOO!” We are just hugging and then she says, “I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. HAVE YOU EVER MET TAYLOR?” My heart DROPPED TO THE FLOOR! I’m like, “NO! AND THIS IS MY SIXTH CONCERT!!!!” She smiles at me and says, “THATS GOING TO CHANGE TONIGHT!”
Her security handed me my
ORANGE loft 89 pass and and my husband is holding me and we are both crying and screaming. He keeps saying, “OH MY GOD BABY!!! YOU ARE GOING TO MEET TAYLOR SWIFT!” At this point, there is an entire crowd surrounding Mama Swift asking why they didn’t get a pass, too. Mama Swift politely says, “SHES BEEN STANDING, DANCING AND SINGING ALL NIGHT EVEN WHEN EVERYONE ELSE HAS BEEN SITTING”. Ohhhhhh myyyyyy Goddddd! As Im taking it all in, taylorswift is belting out “I WAS ENCHANTED TO MEET YOUU” 🎶
For the remainder of the concert, different people kept approaching me and asking me how/why I got chosen to meet her. Not going to lie – at one point, I felt frightened for my life. HAHA. BUT GOSH, I WAS SO HAPPY! IT WAS WORTH IT!
LOFT 89
loft89experience There were about 25ish of us chosen – 7 or 8 groups. There was pizza, cookies and drinks. We waited for about 30 minutes before taylorswift walked in. OH MY GODDDD, GUYS. SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL. She is tall, and tan, and flawless from head to toe! It was absolutely crazy to see her completely in her element, in the flesh, engaging with each and every person on such a PERSONAL level. When she walked in, she was like “HEY GUYS!” And then immediately started talking to everyone. I was so swept away! 😍 While I don’t want to share the details of our conversation and prefer to keep it private, it was truly everything! I got to spend time with her one on one because my husband wasn’t able to get into Loft 89 and I was finally able to tell her she is my best friend. She seemed concerned that I was alone and wanted to make sure I had someone with me so I didn’t have to walk to my car alone. I thought that was so thoughtful and amazing.
The thing that captivated me the most was how she carried herself. She treated everyone so important and focused on the person in front of her. She was genuine and respectful of EVERYONE! I witnessed this one raw moment where she handed her event coordinator a gift from one of the fans in Loft and she ASKED the coordinator very nicely to hold that gift for her instead of TELLING her to hold it. So amazing.
taylorswift, thank you so much for being so beautiful – inside and out. You have made my day, month, year, life! You are the epitome of everything GREAT in this world. The world needs more people like you! ❤️ YOU have saved me from so many terrible moments and that is why I’ve never stopped coming to your shows. I’ve grown up with you through the years and you are my BEST FRIEND!I’ll never be able to thank you enough for taking the time to be with me. You and your Mom are amazing! I am constantly amazed by your ability to stay humble, kind and beautiful in a world that can be so critical and hateful.
Please don’t ever change! LIKE NEVER EVER EVERRRR! I love you! BFF!
theartofmadeline
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