Blog from August 2008-before the face time.

Krissily is on the left, with her new sister Megan and brother Grayson. Mine and "PeeWee's" aunt Lisa is rasing Krissily now.


Me finally getting to go and see the guys is coming true. I can't wait. I have dreamed for years and years about going to see the guys. I always wanted to go and see them in concert, and never could. I will attend my first show in October 2 in DC, and my second show on October 30 in Charlotte, NC.


Now is a good time in my life. Don't get me wrong-I have four wonderful children, a husband who loves me unconditionally, a great career, beautiful home, great friends. BUT, with NKOTB coming back, I feel complete. I feel complete because I can finally get to achieve a lifelong dream of seeing the guys. I have this excited and this feeling inside me when I think about NKOTB and getting to go see them in concert. Friends and even hubby think I'm crazy and obsessed. My fellow blockheads-please tell me what I am? Do you get this same feeling about the guys?


I have a story to share that's a bit personal. I feel as though it is time to share it. My hubby and I were talking about me going to the concerts solo-but meeting people there-and why I didn't have anyone to ride with me. Well, I got to thinking about who in my circle of friends likes NKOTB.Then I remembered I had one friend, but she was no longer on this earth to share in my joy since their return. Her name was Lisa-I called her PeeWee and she hated it but it was her nickname because she was lil Lisa because we had an aunt name Lisa-she was my first cousin. She was born 6 months after me and we grew up together. We played in red dirt and made "pies," played Barbies, climbed trees together, fought hard like sisters all the time but cried when we were apart, and knew we always had each other. Lisa and I grew apart over the years. She went on to get married young to an abusive man. She struggled with his drug abuse for years, but tried to make the relationship work after watching her own mother struggle with drug addiction and having men treat her the same. Lisa wanted to be the woman that could turn this man around, make him kick his habit, and love her. Well, he never did. Lisa passed away on November 11, 2005. She had gotten out of bed to get her 8 month old baby up who was whining in the crib, and passed out in the floor. She died instantly at 26 from a blood clot in her heart. I was devastated. I had just seen her about 3 weeks prior to that and would not speak with her because I thought she may have had "him" with her and I did not want to deal with that drama that day. That was the last time I saw her. She and I had not spoken a sentence to each other in years. After being that close until we were both 16 and I just blew her off like that. I took that one to heart and I will take that to my grave. I would never have another person in my life like her. She was truly the only sister I had.


Now, after all this. I remember how she and I just loved NKOTB. She and I fought over Joey. We said he would marry us one day. We thought he was just the best thing since sliced bread. When she would buy a poster, I would have to get one bigger. When she would get a new tape of theirs, I would beg my mom until she went and bought it or I could line up some work to buy it myself. Even when the guys' popularity began to fade, we still carried our love for them in hopes they would come back some day. I do know she even carried a soft spot in her heart for Jordan, but she would never tell me that because she didn't want me to know that. She wanted me to think that she wanted Joe to keep the argument going. LOL! I certainly do miss her. I wish that she and I could take this road trip together. So, as I travel to see the guys please accomodate me and take pics. I am going to take as many pics as I can of my trip and put them together in a photo album for her daughter. Her daughter will be 3 in November and I want to give her something to remember her "Angel Mommy." That's what she calls her, because she knows her mommy is watching out for her. I've got some pics of she and I together when we were little, and those will be there with all the new memories I'm making while she watches from above. I love you Lisa and miss you

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