Sara. Only you. Only you would understand why I titled this post what I did.... only you would understand the easy button, why my butt hurts and my chair is broken. Only you would understand Heidy. Only you would understand my face slamming into my iPod. Only you would know about my bloody heart because of your chips. Only you... Shaina Twain has denim on her boob. Only you would stick your earbuds up your nose. Only you would understand why I poked myself up the nose with one of those devil things. Only you would be stupid enough to cover up your mic and try to talk to me at the same time. I'd only have to worry about you falling out of your bed because you'd be too lazy to get back in. Only you would talk about how "frikkin' awesome" Frankie's butt is. Only you would put duct tape over your eyebrows.. and then pull your eyebrows off. Only you would stroke your own face (do you remember that one? OMG. I saw it when I was going through your old posts today. Started laughing my head off).Only you "scare the crap out of yourself all the time". Only you would laugh at my gigantic computer screen. Only you would quote Sugarland like there's no tomorrow. Ah heavens, girl, only you understand me (:
I love you. I love you like no one else. You are my special Sara. Speeeeciaaaaal... (;
Seriously. Like. I can't even tell you what you mean to me.
I just thought I'd tell you how dang much I love you. Like. It's a lot of loving. But not creeper loving.
I love you.
More than anything in the world.
I mean that.
You are the best friend anyone could ask for.
Deal with it.
(:
Little Miss Erika
Monday, August 29, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
It'll Be Alright Again
Talk about one of the most amazing nights ever. It was tonight. The night I have been looking forward to all summer, finally arrived.
We got to Usana at about 2, got in line for the Sugarpit and Alisha and Kathie showed up a few minutes later. About 20 minutes after they got here it started pouring down rain, so we went and hid under the K-BUL 93.3 tent.. thanks guys! Then we hung out for a while, walked all the way down the parking lot to see Jenn from a distance during sound check. We had to climb up this hill with all these overgrown sticks and weeds, I got my foot cut and it hurt really bad. After that Alisha went back to save our spots while we went down to Maverick to get a band-aid because it wouldn't stop bleeding. We came back, sat in line for a little longer, then started with the LMP. Demi and I passed out a ton of signs, along with Alisha. We got the radio stations to help out and everything, so it went really well. We even got free T-shirts from 104.3 for doing it :) For a wile we just passed out signs, then when it got closer to the time when we were supposed to go into the venue, we still had a ton of signs, so we gave them to Alisha to take to the Vegas show next weekend. We went into the venue, Whitney led us down, I showed her the Indy shirts, she loved them. We got to our spots, right by Kristian because all of the Jenn spots were taken. We waited about 40 minutes for Sara Bareilles to come on stage. She came on, did her set, did a duet with KRISTIAN! Never seen that before. Sara finished up, she did amazing. Then we waited about half an hour for Sugarland. The lights went dark and I almost started crying. I couldn't believe it. I was seeing Sugarland, live, for the second time in my life when I never thought it could happen the first. The stage was soooo high that we couldn't see them when they did all we are because they did in the background, kind of. Definitely different without a curtain drop or anything but still just as amazing. They came closer as the song went on but I still couldn't see them great. I was still kind of crying so Jenn looked at me and smiled really big, which only made me cry harder. They came to the front of the stage for Stuck Like Glue and I could finally see them clear. In the middle of the last chorus, I pointed at Kristian and was like "You and me baby, we're stuck like glue!!!" He looked at me and just smiled for a while, then waved and went to the other side of the stage. Okay. I started crying :) Happy crying. Couldn't believe it! They did a few songs and then it was Every Girl Like Me time! During the second chorus I was rockin' it out. Jenn walked over to me and started doing the exact same dance moves I was doing, for like, the entire chorus! I was smiling so big I looked scary. She just smiled back and laugh a little :) THENNNNNN... Little Miss. My sign was verryyyyy personal this time. It said "I lost my best friend when the Indy stage fell." I debated a long time on whether to put this on there or not. Because I didn't want them to hurt because I was hurting. But now, I'm really glad I did because I think it meant something to them to see that I, and most of the people out there, we're hurting with them. I held up my sign at the very beginning, and as soon I put it up, Kristian saw it, read it, and started crying. I started BAWLING. Like, I was sobbing so violently, they thought I was having like a seizure or something. Kristian just kept looking at me with his big eyes, like telling me that it was going to be alright again. I remember during the first chorus, turning around, and seeing about 600 of my signs, that I hand made, fill the venue. That make me cry even harder. I couldn't breathe I was crying so hard. A really sweet young man was standing by me in the pit, and I had gotten to know him a little before the show, and he just put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Congratulations, your Sugarfamily is so proud of you." Which made me cry harder. Thank you for doing that, if you're out there reading this. That meant a lot to me. Then, I turned back during the second chorus, and I saw Jenn read my sign, and she got all wet eyed too! And then she looked me straight in the eye, and sang It WILL be alright again. Not IT'LL, like how the lyrics are. IT WILL. Yeah. I felt amazing right then. Then, the entire bridge and last chorus Kristian didn't take his eyes off of me. "Breathe in... breathe out.." all straight to my face. Then, when it was done, he came up to the front and nodded at me, I nodded back and he mouthed "You're okay" and I could only nod back because I felt soooo loved at that moment I didn't know what to do. Way too shortly after that, the concert ended and we had to say goodbye. I met some amazing people tonight I will definitely miss. It's what happens.. you meet them and they are automatically Sugarfamily. I feel so lucky, amazed, and fortunate for tonight. Their music has healed me. My Sugarfamily has healed me. I feel amazing and so incredibly loved. <3 I won't ever forget tonight, the way that Kristian looked at me while singing "Breathe in... breathe out...". He made me feel like I was the only person he cared about at that moment, the only person in the audience. It was like he was saying, "I'm here, you'll be okay, cry, baby, cry if you need to and I am always here for you." And that meant the world to me.
Tonight was amazing.
I'm okay <3
Little Miss Erika
We got to Usana at about 2, got in line for the Sugarpit and Alisha and Kathie showed up a few minutes later. About 20 minutes after they got here it started pouring down rain, so we went and hid under the K-BUL 93.3 tent.. thanks guys! Then we hung out for a while, walked all the way down the parking lot to see Jenn from a distance during sound check. We had to climb up this hill with all these overgrown sticks and weeds, I got my foot cut and it hurt really bad. After that Alisha went back to save our spots while we went down to Maverick to get a band-aid because it wouldn't stop bleeding. We came back, sat in line for a little longer, then started with the LMP. Demi and I passed out a ton of signs, along with Alisha. We got the radio stations to help out and everything, so it went really well. We even got free T-shirts from 104.3 for doing it :) For a wile we just passed out signs, then when it got closer to the time when we were supposed to go into the venue, we still had a ton of signs, so we gave them to Alisha to take to the Vegas show next weekend. We went into the venue, Whitney led us down, I showed her the Indy shirts, she loved them. We got to our spots, right by Kristian because all of the Jenn spots were taken. We waited about 40 minutes for Sara Bareilles to come on stage. She came on, did her set, did a duet with KRISTIAN! Never seen that before. Sara finished up, she did amazing. Then we waited about half an hour for Sugarland. The lights went dark and I almost started crying. I couldn't believe it. I was seeing Sugarland, live, for the second time in my life when I never thought it could happen the first. The stage was soooo high that we couldn't see them when they did all we are because they did in the background, kind of. Definitely different without a curtain drop or anything but still just as amazing. They came closer as the song went on but I still couldn't see them great. I was still kind of crying so Jenn looked at me and smiled really big, which only made me cry harder. They came to the front of the stage for Stuck Like Glue and I could finally see them clear. In the middle of the last chorus, I pointed at Kristian and was like "You and me baby, we're stuck like glue!!!" He looked at me and just smiled for a while, then waved and went to the other side of the stage. Okay. I started crying :) Happy crying. Couldn't believe it! They did a few songs and then it was Every Girl Like Me time! During the second chorus I was rockin' it out. Jenn walked over to me and started doing the exact same dance moves I was doing, for like, the entire chorus! I was smiling so big I looked scary. She just smiled back and laugh a little :) THENNNNNN... Little Miss. My sign was verryyyyy personal this time. It said "I lost my best friend when the Indy stage fell." I debated a long time on whether to put this on there or not. Because I didn't want them to hurt because I was hurting. But now, I'm really glad I did because I think it meant something to them to see that I, and most of the people out there, we're hurting with them. I held up my sign at the very beginning, and as soon I put it up, Kristian saw it, read it, and started crying. I started BAWLING. Like, I was sobbing so violently, they thought I was having like a seizure or something. Kristian just kept looking at me with his big eyes, like telling me that it was going to be alright again. I remember during the first chorus, turning around, and seeing about 600 of my signs, that I hand made, fill the venue. That make me cry even harder. I couldn't breathe I was crying so hard. A really sweet young man was standing by me in the pit, and I had gotten to know him a little before the show, and he just put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Congratulations, your Sugarfamily is so proud of you." Which made me cry harder. Thank you for doing that, if you're out there reading this. That meant a lot to me. Then, I turned back during the second chorus, and I saw Jenn read my sign, and she got all wet eyed too! And then she looked me straight in the eye, and sang It WILL be alright again. Not IT'LL, like how the lyrics are. IT WILL. Yeah. I felt amazing right then. Then, the entire bridge and last chorus Kristian didn't take his eyes off of me. "Breathe in... breathe out.." all straight to my face. Then, when it was done, he came up to the front and nodded at me, I nodded back and he mouthed "You're okay" and I could only nod back because I felt soooo loved at that moment I didn't know what to do. Way too shortly after that, the concert ended and we had to say goodbye. I met some amazing people tonight I will definitely miss. It's what happens.. you meet them and they are automatically Sugarfamily. I feel so lucky, amazed, and fortunate for tonight. Their music has healed me. My Sugarfamily has healed me. I feel amazing and so incredibly loved. <3 I won't ever forget tonight, the way that Kristian looked at me while singing "Breathe in... breathe out...". He made me feel like I was the only person he cared about at that moment, the only person in the audience. It was like he was saying, "I'm here, you'll be okay, cry, baby, cry if you need to and I am always here for you." And that meant the world to me.
Tonight was amazing.
I'm okay <3
Little Miss Erika
Friday, August 19, 2011
My heart hurts.
The five deaths from the Sugarland concert in Indiana have been joined by a 6th. Jenny Haskell.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
The LOVE Flag.
I'd like to share a poem written by my friend, Brianna Kuhn. It's called One Little Heart, in honor of the tragedy in Indiana.
One little heart, two little wings
A symbol of love, that strongly sings
Of raising your voice, when the darkness falls
Of lighting the fire, to be felt by all.
Five angels fly, above overhead
Tears fall from the eyes, of the ones that were left
They pray for the strength, to get through every day
But even when it's sunny, the sky feels gray.
The grieving is hard, the healing is rough
But you'll make it through, surrounded by love
Shed all your tears, like rain to the ground
Because come one day, it will all turn around.
The haze it will lift, the sky it will clear
The anger subsides, and so do the tears
It's not always easy, but you'll make it through,
Because we see the strength, you don't see in you.
One little heart, two little wings
A symbol of love, it strongly sings
Of raising your voice, when the darkness falls
Of lighting the fire to be felt by all.
Powerful, isn't it? That's what I mean when I say our LOVE flags our raised higher than ever. That's why I changed my background to that flag.
Little Miss Erika
One little heart, two little wings
A symbol of love, that strongly sings
Of raising your voice, when the darkness falls
Of lighting the fire, to be felt by all.
Five angels fly, above overhead
Tears fall from the eyes, of the ones that were left
They pray for the strength, to get through every day
But even when it's sunny, the sky feels gray.
The grieving is hard, the healing is rough
But you'll make it through, surrounded by love
Shed all your tears, like rain to the ground
Because come one day, it will all turn around.
The haze it will lift, the sky it will clear
The anger subsides, and so do the tears
It's not always easy, but you'll make it through,
Because we see the strength, you don't see in you.
One little heart, two little wings
A symbol of love, it strongly sings
Of raising your voice, when the darkness falls
Of lighting the fire to be felt by all.
Powerful, isn't it? That's what I mean when I say our LOVE flags our raised higher than ever. That's why I changed my background to that flag.
Little Miss Erika
Sugarland, Megan, Caroline, and my near death experience.
I almost drowned last night. No joke. Bahaha Megan's gonna be reading this and is going to be like NO YOU DIDN'T! But it's true. I did. Long story though. But it's alright, I'm alive :)
Yesterday my grandma came down in the morning, we ran errands and stuff, then I went to the mall with Megan. We shopped around, looked at stuff, got some... well, perfume ;) ate pretzels, did the little photo booth things twice, and just messed around like the retards we are. After that we went to mutual together, swimming at the Roney's (where I almost drowned.), met Caroline there, swam, played on the little playground, and then went home. We dropped Megan off, she didn't have her shoe. So we went back to the Roney's to look for it. No luck. So then we just went over to Caroline's house because I had promised her that I'd help paint her bedroom that night... did that, went home around 11. Way fun!
Love my friends :)
Now onto a little bit more serious stuff. Sugarland is hitting the stage for the first time since the tragedy in Indiana. How much I respect them for going on with their tour as planned. To my friends in Albuquerque, blow them away with your love. They need it now. It's your turn tonight, to lift them up with your strength. Saturday will be our turn and I promise you we will do it. We will show them with all that we have, what it means to be part of the Sugarfamily.
I lost my best friend that night. I know how they're feeling. Exceeding amounts of love to them. <3 <3
Little Miss Erika
Yesterday my grandma came down in the morning, we ran errands and stuff, then I went to the mall with Megan. We shopped around, looked at stuff, got some... well, perfume ;) ate pretzels, did the little photo booth things twice, and just messed around like the retards we are. After that we went to mutual together, swimming at the Roney's (where I almost drowned.), met Caroline there, swam, played on the little playground, and then went home. We dropped Megan off, she didn't have her shoe. So we went back to the Roney's to look for it. No luck. So then we just went over to Caroline's house because I had promised her that I'd help paint her bedroom that night... did that, went home around 11. Way fun!
Love my friends :)
Now onto a little bit more serious stuff. Sugarland is hitting the stage for the first time since the tragedy in Indiana. How much I respect them for going on with their tour as planned. To my friends in Albuquerque, blow them away with your love. They need it now. It's your turn tonight, to lift them up with your strength. Saturday will be our turn and I promise you we will do it. We will show them with all that we have, what it means to be part of the Sugarfamily.
I lost my best friend that night. I know how they're feeling. Exceeding amounts of love to them. <3 <3
Little Miss Erika
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
In loving memory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpvJF-VHEmM&feature=youtube_gdata
Thank you Holly <3
Thank you Holly <3
From Indiana to Usana.
This weekend has been absolutely one of the scariest, saddest, most trying time in my life. Since the stage fell on Saturday, the latest update is that 5 people have died and 45 are in the hospital. I was on the computer until 3 am on Saturday, when I finally heard that the last of my missing friends had gone home, unharmed. Right now, I know 7 people in the hospital and 1 that died the night of the tragedy. I know many who were right against the stage as it fell, but were able to make it out before it hit the ground. I can't imagine. That would scare me to death. To think that others standing by me had died that night. A split second could have saved their lives.
Thank you to the heroes who rushed to the stage that night, instead of running away. Thank you to those who risked their lives to save others. Thank you to my Sugarfamily. We weep together. We pray together. We are stronger together. We heal together. I don't know what I would've done without my Sugars this weekend. Thank you, especially, to Jen, who kept us updated the entire night, who barely slept because she stayed up to make sure everyone was okay.
To J&K, we are family. We are here for you. We feel the pain of this with you. Our flags are raised higher than ever before. Our hearts are breaking with you. Our strength is behind you. We love you unconditionally.
The show for this Saturday at USANA is still going on as planned. We, as the Sugarfamily here in Utah, are hoping to blow them away with our love, to heal a part of them with the LMP, and to comfort them through our special surprise during "Stand Up". This will be one special show, and I'm sure that tears, especially mine, will be flowing.
Much love to the Sugars who also lost someone on Saturday, who knows those injured, who have felt pain, who have been scared, who never stopped praying through all of this. I hope you feel of our love, the entire Sugarfamily, from across the world, we hope than you know we are here. We think about you. We pray about you. We love you. May God heal you at this time ʚ♥ɞ
Much love, hugs, prayers to those involved.
Little Miss Erika
Thank you to the heroes who rushed to the stage that night, instead of running away. Thank you to those who risked their lives to save others. Thank you to my Sugarfamily. We weep together. We pray together. We are stronger together. We heal together. I don't know what I would've done without my Sugars this weekend. Thank you, especially, to Jen, who kept us updated the entire night, who barely slept because she stayed up to make sure everyone was okay.
To J&K, we are family. We are here for you. We feel the pain of this with you. Our flags are raised higher than ever before. Our hearts are breaking with you. Our strength is behind you. We love you unconditionally.
The show for this Saturday at USANA is still going on as planned. We, as the Sugarfamily here in Utah, are hoping to blow them away with our love, to heal a part of them with the LMP, and to comfort them through our special surprise during "Stand Up". This will be one special show, and I'm sure that tears, especially mine, will be flowing.
Much love to the Sugars who also lost someone on Saturday, who knows those injured, who have felt pain, who have been scared, who never stopped praying through all of this. I hope you feel of our love, the entire Sugarfamily, from across the world, we hope than you know we are here. We think about you. We pray about you. We love you. May God heal you at this time ʚ♥ɞ
Much love, hugs, prayers to those involved.
Little Miss Erika
Monday, August 15, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Thompson Square, Salt Lake, Sara, Talent Search and Indiana.
I feel like it's been a really long time since I posted. So here I am.
Wednesday night was fabulous. Tiffany came over, hung out, and then we went to the Thompson Square concert together. AMAZING. I'm kinda obsessed with them ever since that night. Concert called Sara during "I Got You"! The missing piece that makes me fit :) Bahaha I love that girl.
Thursday I had a doctors appointment in Sandy in the morning, then we went to lunch up there, came back to see the Tour of Utah bikers go down University. Then my father and I packed up and went to go check into our hotel in Downtown SLC. We were spending the night up there for our last getaway before school starts. We rode the new TRAX line to West Valley that night, had dinner, then up to the room.
Friday we got up, rode the new TRAX line to South Jordan, explored out there a bit, went back to the hotel, got ready for my competition out at the Salt Lake County fair, then drove back down to South Jordan to perform! We got there at 5, wandered around until 5:30, checked in with the sound guy, took our seats and waited for the competition to start. I was 4th to perform. I sang Baby Girl by Sugarland. It wasn't my worst performance, I don't know that it was my best. I thought I did pretty good, but I didn't win anything. After we went to dinner and then back to the hotel. I skyped with Sara that night :) Bahhhhh I love that girl like none other. She seriously made me laugh so hard I was crying.
We skyped until like, midnight, so I woke up around 11 this morning. Bahhh I never sleep in that late and usually I stay up way later than that so I have no idea what got into me. We went to Blue Lemon, my almost most favorite restaurant in the world for brunch. I had a muffin :) Then we took (just guess) the TRAX line (good job!) down to Sandy and back up again. Checked out of our hotel, ate lunch, went and bought somethings for my new remodeled bathroom (pictures coming) and went home.
This is where today got real bad.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/139370746130223/?ref=ts#!/video/video.php?v=110070465759055&oid=54444461143&comments
I don't even know what to say. This video was posted after the stage fell at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis right before Sugarland was about to come onstage. I had about 10 friends there in the audience, right where the stage fell. I was terrified. Absolutely scared out of my mind. It was about an hour until I heard from everyone that they were safe and sound. Only one of my friends was injured, her and her son. I knew one of the people that died as well. I'm so numb right now I can't even take it in. 4 died and 43 were taken to the hospital.
Now. I know I say I love my Sugarcubes. But words cannot describe the love and respect I have for them. I have never been more honored to be part of the Sugarfamily. Twitter and Facebook are still blowing up with prayers and love for these people that we don't even know. We're all one big family here in Sugarland, no lies, and everyone says it, knows it. Doesn't matter who you are. Where you're from. There's no "fitting in" around here. We're all united by one love, and I'm so thankful I'm a part of this.
I love "our little steampunked world" <3
Little Miss Erika
Wednesday night was fabulous. Tiffany came over, hung out, and then we went to the Thompson Square concert together. AMAZING. I'm kinda obsessed with them ever since that night. Concert called Sara during "I Got You"! The missing piece that makes me fit :) Bahaha I love that girl.
Thursday I had a doctors appointment in Sandy in the morning, then we went to lunch up there, came back to see the Tour of Utah bikers go down University. Then my father and I packed up and went to go check into our hotel in Downtown SLC. We were spending the night up there for our last getaway before school starts. We rode the new TRAX line to West Valley that night, had dinner, then up to the room.
Friday we got up, rode the new TRAX line to South Jordan, explored out there a bit, went back to the hotel, got ready for my competition out at the Salt Lake County fair, then drove back down to South Jordan to perform! We got there at 5, wandered around until 5:30, checked in with the sound guy, took our seats and waited for the competition to start. I was 4th to perform. I sang Baby Girl by Sugarland. It wasn't my worst performance, I don't know that it was my best. I thought I did pretty good, but I didn't win anything. After we went to dinner and then back to the hotel. I skyped with Sara that night :) Bahhhhh I love that girl like none other. She seriously made me laugh so hard I was crying.
We skyped until like, midnight, so I woke up around 11 this morning. Bahhh I never sleep in that late and usually I stay up way later than that so I have no idea what got into me. We went to Blue Lemon, my almost most favorite restaurant in the world for brunch. I had a muffin :) Then we took (just guess) the TRAX line (good job!) down to Sandy and back up again. Checked out of our hotel, ate lunch, went and bought somethings for my new remodeled bathroom (pictures coming) and went home.
This is where today got real bad.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/139370746130223/?ref=ts#!/video/video.php?v=110070465759055&oid=54444461143&comments
I don't even know what to say. This video was posted after the stage fell at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis right before Sugarland was about to come onstage. I had about 10 friends there in the audience, right where the stage fell. I was terrified. Absolutely scared out of my mind. It was about an hour until I heard from everyone that they were safe and sound. Only one of my friends was injured, her and her son. I knew one of the people that died as well. I'm so numb right now I can't even take it in. 4 died and 43 were taken to the hospital.
Now. I know I say I love my Sugarcubes. But words cannot describe the love and respect I have for them. I have never been more honored to be part of the Sugarfamily. Twitter and Facebook are still blowing up with prayers and love for these people that we don't even know. We're all one big family here in Sugarland, no lies, and everyone says it, knows it. Doesn't matter who you are. Where you're from. There's no "fitting in" around here. We're all united by one love, and I'm so thankful I'm a part of this.
I love "our little steampunked world" <3
Little Miss Erika
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
And these little piggies sang Stuck Like Glue, all the way home.
I am SOOO dang happy right now :) CAROLINE'S HOME!!!!!! Oh my word. She's been gone since the last week of MAY. And she's HOME. We went and picked her up at the airport tonight, since she flew into the Provo airport. I tackled her. She tackled back. Then my dad drove us home and we sang Stuck Like Glue, with the actions, the entire way home. Yeah. Because we're cool like that.
We're all revved up for our Sugarland concert now. So excited to see Alisha and Kathie there! :)
LMP Live is going to be killer. 1000 signs. Oh yes.
I can't wait.
Little Miss Erika
We're all revved up for our Sugarland concert now. So excited to see Alisha and Kathie there! :)
LMP Live is going to be killer. 1000 signs. Oh yes.
I can't wait.
Little Miss Erika
Monday, August 8, 2011
I won't lie, I bookmarked it.
First, let me apologize.... I had to.
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpli166BTJ1qd38cu.gif
This totally just made my entire like, life, so, I hope you enjoyed it :)
Little Miss Erika
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This totally just made my entire like, life, so, I hope you enjoyed it :)
Little Miss Erika
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Tim McGraw and the most amazing girl.
I hate it that you look forward to something for so long, and then it's over before you know it. I hate it how all good things have to come to an end. I hate it how there always has to be a goodbye. But I love it that you get to enjoy every second of it before it's over.
Last night was so amazing. SO amazing. It makes me smile like an idiot just thinking about it. I needed it so much, I needed to lose myself and all of my worries and troubles for a night. I needed the music. I needed my girl. And every part of it lived up to everything I had dreamed about <3
We met Vivian at USANA around 6:30, get our tickets, get our food, and then find our seats. The Band Perry was first. They sand a couple songs, including Hip to my Heart, You Lie, and If I Die Young. Then LUKE BYRAN came on. Oh how I love him. He knows how to get down like a southerner. I mean, he knows how to strut his stuff, if you know what I'm saying. Like Viv said, "That will forever be a visual." After Luke was Tim McGraw. He came out into the audience and played, but we were on the other side of the venue from where he was. One of the disadvantages of being short. Can't see anything when everyone is standing up. But I could hear, which worked for me. He did tons of songs, I think around like 18. Each one was amazing. He did a duet with Luke and The Band Perry. AH-MAZ-ING.
I can't lie, my favorite part of the night wasn't the music, or the stars there. It was that girl I had my arm around the entire night. It was that girl who makes me laugh until I cry. That girl who I can completely lose myself in to actually find myself. That girl who believes in me. That girl who supports me. That girl who is always there for me. That girl with the most amazing voice, who I made sing to me the entire night. :) That girl who would do anything for me. That girl who when she says she loves me, she means it. That girl who wants the best for me. That girl who makes me better than I used to be. Vivian. She's that girl. And I can't tell you how dang much I love that girl. I mean, I LOVE that girl. And there's no better feeling in the world than when I'm hugging her and she's hugging me. She's special. Different. And so incredibly amazing.
If you remember, in my Stadium of Fire post, I told you about a bracelet I gave Vivian. It had the lyrics to I Hope you Dance on it. Remember this? Well... I just about started crying last night when I saw she was WEARING it. Oh my gosh. I couldn't believe it. I kept looking at it like... oh my word... it's actually, like, on her wrist, and she's like, wearing it. And not only was she wearing it last night, but this morning when I saw her, she was still WEARING it. STILL. Uhhhmm, I died. As soon as she left I went in the bathroom and cried. I was like, no way. She's wearing it!! My word <3 I still can't believe it. No way did that even happen.
The hardest part is always watching her leave. Because she's the kind of person that you never know when you're going to see her again. I love her so much it hurts. Like, bad. ;)
Thank heaven for summer nights, outdoor concerts, country music, and Vivian <3
Little Miss Erika
Last night was so amazing. SO amazing. It makes me smile like an idiot just thinking about it. I needed it so much, I needed to lose myself and all of my worries and troubles for a night. I needed the music. I needed my girl. And every part of it lived up to everything I had dreamed about <3
We met Vivian at USANA around 6:30, get our tickets, get our food, and then find our seats. The Band Perry was first. They sand a couple songs, including Hip to my Heart, You Lie, and If I Die Young. Then LUKE BYRAN came on. Oh how I love him. He knows how to get down like a southerner. I mean, he knows how to strut his stuff, if you know what I'm saying. Like Viv said, "That will forever be a visual." After Luke was Tim McGraw. He came out into the audience and played, but we were on the other side of the venue from where he was. One of the disadvantages of being short. Can't see anything when everyone is standing up. But I could hear, which worked for me. He did tons of songs, I think around like 18. Each one was amazing. He did a duet with Luke and The Band Perry. AH-MAZ-ING.
I can't lie, my favorite part of the night wasn't the music, or the stars there. It was that girl I had my arm around the entire night. It was that girl who makes me laugh until I cry. That girl who I can completely lose myself in to actually find myself. That girl who believes in me. That girl who supports me. That girl who is always there for me. That girl with the most amazing voice, who I made sing to me the entire night. :) That girl who would do anything for me. That girl who when she says she loves me, she means it. That girl who wants the best for me. That girl who makes me better than I used to be. Vivian. She's that girl. And I can't tell you how dang much I love that girl. I mean, I LOVE that girl. And there's no better feeling in the world than when I'm hugging her and she's hugging me. She's special. Different. And so incredibly amazing.
If you remember, in my Stadium of Fire post, I told you about a bracelet I gave Vivian. It had the lyrics to I Hope you Dance on it. Remember this? Well... I just about started crying last night when I saw she was WEARING it. Oh my gosh. I couldn't believe it. I kept looking at it like... oh my word... it's actually, like, on her wrist, and she's like, wearing it. And not only was she wearing it last night, but this morning when I saw her, she was still WEARING it. STILL. Uhhhmm, I died. As soon as she left I went in the bathroom and cried. I was like, no way. She's wearing it!! My word <3 I still can't believe it. No way did that even happen.
The hardest part is always watching her leave. Because she's the kind of person that you never know when you're going to see her again. I love her so much it hurts. Like, bad. ;)
Thank heaven for summer nights, outdoor concerts, country music, and Vivian <3
Little Miss Erika
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
18 views and not a single video.
Since I posted my last blog entry, I have had 18 views on my page and not a single video or picture in my email. I mean, I know that you don't know this girl, or maybe don't want to, I don't know, I just know that if this was my daughter, or sister, or something like that, I would be so grateful to hear of support from all over the country. From all over the world. For my little girl who is barely hanging on. Please, guys, I'm not asking you to do a lot. A picture with a short message is fine. A video doesn't have to be long. I'm on my knees begging you. This is my best friend and I'm not letting her leave until she has no doubt in her mind how much she is LOVED. And this is how I want to do it. I'm just praying she'll see it before she goes. So please, please, please, for this little girl, for me, for all of the children dying of cancer, please, please, please, please do it. Please.
Much love to you, thank you so much.
Little Miss Erika
Much love to you, thank you so much.
Little Miss Erika
Monday, August 1, 2011
Zowie
Little Miss Erika
Why I love my Sugarcubes.
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| Jen, myself, and Holly at the Sugarland concert. |
I love you guys. Thank you so much. For everything.
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| Jess, Lee, Jen, Holly, and myself. |
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