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and it was totally RAD!!!!!!!!  :D 

One of my dearest friends of all time invited me for the opportunity of a lifetime and I am so glad she did!!!!  We were best friends in middle school and fell in love for the first time…together (but not with each other).  It was magic.  :)  New Kids on the Block were HUGE for us back in the day.  I am shady of the details of how we became friends…but we did and I am so blessed to know her.  I loved Donnie, she loved Joey.  I wish I could find the photo’s I have of us from back in the day….one in particular she was visiting me (by this point I had moved to Maryland from North Carolina..where we met and she lives) one summer and it was probably at the very climax of the NKOTB craze.  I had posters galore covering the walls of my bedroom…I had puzzles, magazines, dolls, pins, you get the point.  My mom got an awesome photo of the two of us, I wanted Donnie in the photo with us by way of a pin…and she didn’t.  We were both laughing hysterically when my mom snapped the photo (Donnie remained…I was stronger) and it has to be one of my favorite photo’s of all time.  We had not a care in the world really.  Just two teenaged girls, head over heals for our guys from New Kids on the Block having a GREAT summer break.  We were looking into our final year of middle school and I don’t know about her, but I had high hopes for that year, and it ended up being a great year for me.  Well, through all the years we continued on as pen pals and seeing each other whenever possible and finally in college we lost touch with the exception of her coming to my wedding.  That was almost 9 years ago alone, so it had been years since we really spoke of saw each other.  She found me on MySpace last year and the rest has been history.  We decided to have a reunion and during our reunion we would see NKOTB on their reunion tour.  PERFECT!  And to make it even better we both got to touch our first loves.  I mean seriously, that was just completely awesome and a perfect way to conclude our reunion…something her and I will cherish together forever.  I will never forget it. 

After the concert, I kept thinking of ways to meet NKOTB and get to talk to them.  I really love their new CD and I was drooling over cruise tix and whatnot.  But in the end…I don’t want my memory of that night to fade by whatever else.  Because honestly, nothing will top that night with NKOTB for me.  Not even having “face-time” with my love, Donnie.  Yes, he’s hot, yes, he’s famous and yes he’s AWESOME…but if I met him in person, it wouldn’t change my life right now.  And then it could possibly ruin the feelings I have from the night I got to spend with my dear friend.  So, no…nothing will top that night with her.  I felt 13 again….we even dressed like we were back in the 80s.  It was just a fun night with no worries.  I was on a high from that night and it took me a while to come down from the clouds, but here I am.  I love NKOTB and Donnie forever.  And to my dearest friend, thank you so very much for a night that I will always remember…I will always remember the kindness you showed to me and my kids that week.  Thank you.  :)  This is not to say I won’t ever go back to a concert though…they are still lots of fun to watch!  :D

I do have many photo’s and video’s I could share on this blog….but for now I am not going to post ‘em…mainly b/c I am tired and it’s late.  But, I will end this with:  I LOVE DONNIE!  :) and maybe a photo or two: