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July 15, 2006 just happens to be one of the happiest days of my life!!!!!!! How come, you
may ask? I've been going through a lot lately with family problems, and I suffer hugely from the worse mental illnesses ever
- depression. I had a lot going on in my mind and physically around me. My whole family had been going through a hard time,
but I think I was taking it the worst, my oldest sister moving out and bad things happening with that.
My mom, feeling bad, had found out a week ago that Brian Littrell was going to be in
Houston, Texas, promoting his CD by doing a Meet -N- Greet. She kept this from us, but told her friend that she wanted to
take us without us knowing. So she told us that we were going to the Used Bookstore that sells Homeschooling School Books.
(I am homeschooled) So we (my sisters and I) were complaining and wondering why we had to get up at six o'clock am to go to
get MATH BOOKS, and why she couldn't go alone like she always did. And we also kept thinking why on earth she had to go so
dang early. I knew Brian was going to be in concert, but I wasn't going to get to go because we didn't have the money, and
I was bummed out, but I didn't know he was going to be doing an actual MEET -N- GREET!
So we get up at 6:45 or 7:00, and we get ready to go to Houston, a two hour drive.
My mom is steadily trying to hint to me to put in my contacts and put on my makeup, but I didn't want to as I had stayed up
until four o'clock am the night before. So I went up there without makeup and contacts. When we got there, a lady asked
us "Are you guys here to see Brian?" and my mom's friend kept trying to hint to her to hush. The lady said "Oh, my bad." and
turned around and walked off, and this whole time I am like, "Who's Brian!" and then, acting stupid, I just said, "Brian LITTRELL?!"
Still not knowing the real reason we were there.
We got to the doors and there was a poster in the window that said "Meet N Greet"
and I saw Brian's picture. I looked at my mom and said, "OMGosh! We so have to come back when he's here!" and my mom looked
at me like I was crazy. I hadn't taken the time to look at the date and time. She said, "Mindy, look at the date and time!
July 15th, 2006, 10:00 am. That is the whole reason we are here!" and I said, "have we missed it?" and she said "No! it's
9:30!" and I stopped breathing, literally. I started hypervenalating and I ran into the store, looking around for Brian and
my sisters at the same time. I spotted one of my sisters, Jordan (13) and, hardly able to breath, I said, "OMGosh! BRIAN LITTRELL
IS HERE!" and she told me to stop lying. I said, "I AM NOT LYING, HE IS REALLY HERE!" and she was like, WHERE, and she started
looking for him, too, as we told my youngest sister, Kaitlyn (11) and her friend, Leigha (12). I turned around and hugged
my mom and began crying, jumping up and down with excitement. She bought my sisters cds and handed me my lyric book that she
had snuck out of my room the night before. As we went to pay for the cds, I started gagging. I was so excited, I couldn't
control it. I had to walk upstairs to the bathrooms until I stopped, and even then, it hadn't disappeared completely.
We got in line (which I didn't know we were in a line) and my mom told me
that Brian only had an hour to sign autographs. I said, "Well, we better be first in line, then!" and she told me, "Oh no,
honey, this IS the line!" and I almost fainted at how long it was. The whole time we were walking up to the bookstore, we
were wondering why there were so many people just sitting down in there. Anyway, we stood in line for what seemed like ages,
but in all reality, it was about 30 minutes, and next thing we know, we heard "BRIAN LITTRELL!" and everyone gathered around
to see if they could see him. I caught glimpse of the back of his head and I started freaking out!
The whole time the line was moving, we were trying to sneak peeks at Brian. Some
people behind us had an excellent camera with a good zoom. They got out of line and went to the front, zoomed close, and got
some amazing shots of Brian. It looked as if they were RIGHT THERE! My mom told them to send her some, so they asked us for
our e-mail address!!!
We got little peeks of Brian here and there while we moved up in the line. We'd
see his nose, chin, ear, and hair, and flip out. We were so loud while waiting, talking about what we wanted to see, and goofing
off and being silly. My sister Jordan said when she got up there, she was going to shake Brian's hand and say "Ello, Poppet,"
like the Pirate in Pirates of the Caribbean, and we'd laugh. Then I told her she was going to get her name backward when Brian
asked her for it and she was going to tell him that her name was Mordan Jageors, and we'd laugh about that. And we kept saying
how we were going to ask him to do his Donald Duck, and ask him if he had MSN Messenger, and all kinds of things. They were
letting the people in front of us lean in and take pictures with him, and when we found out, we got all the more excited.
We kept getting closer and closer and we'd chat with each other and the people behind us who are going to send us the pictures,
and my mom's friend, Sheila, is taking pictures. And just as we get closer, Jordan starts crying, so everyone who was with
us started crying. Especially my mom, because my mom is the type of mom who loves to see us happy, and hates to see us hurt,
and she cries with us either way.
When we were almost there, a lady came up to us and said that Brian only had
ten more minutes to do the signing, so they weren't doing anymore pictures with him so they could speed up the signings. I,
and my sisters were bummed out about that because we were looking forward to it. So Sheila started snapping pictures of Brian
as much as she could. Finally, the time was there! 10:50 am! The order we went was Leigha, Kaitlyn, Jordan, and then
me. I waited in anticipation as I watched Brian smile sweetly and talk to my sisters and Leigha. He looked from Leigha all
the way down to me and asked why we were so quiet. My mom told him that he should have seen us while we were in the line. Leigha
and Kaitlyn started crying and Brian said, "You two are so cute, but why are you crying?" He signed their lyric books "For
Kaitlyn, Brian Littrell, God Bless." He did the same thing, only with our different names. When Leigha told him how she spelled
her name, he said, "Oh, that is how my wife's name is spelled, only add 'nne'," and he smiled. Jordan was next, and I started
hypervenalating again since I was after her. Jordan started crying again, and Brian said, "Why are you crying? It's just ME!!!"
and he smiled. He asked her who it was for, and she almost said, "Me" but then remembered and told him, "Jordan". I was next.
I closed my eyes and kept my cool. I handed him my lyric book upside down on an accident. He turned it over and asked me if
he could sign it on the front. All I could do was smile and say "Yeah" real softly. He wrote Brian Littrell, God Bless, but
forgot to write "For Mindy." He handed it back to me and I shook his hand. Then my mom asked me if I wanted my name on it.
I hadn't even thought about it. I asked him if he could put my name on it, and he smiled, said "sure," and took it back from
me. He asked me my name and I told him Mindy and he said "M-I-N...D-Y?" and I, feeling like a dumby after saying it, said,
"Yes sir." SIR! Can you believe that I called Brian a SIR!? I guess it seemed polite, but I could never imagine calling him
sir. After he gave me my lyric book back (which, by the way, is the book that slides into the cd cover) I walked away and
my mom had to hold me up because I couldn't feel my legs. It felt like it ended too soon. Isn't it funny how it feels like
forever in line, but not long enough when actually there.
Brian Littrell's germs are still a part of my hand. I learned in Phsyics that
if you let foreign germs set on your hand for twelve hours, the permanently become a part of your own germs, and I didn't
wash my hand for twelve hours. I was in a good mood the rest of the day, and nothing will ever change how I felt and still
feel. Everytime I close my eyes, I can still see him. He looks smaller in person than in pictures. They weren't lying when
they said that a camera adds atleast ten pounds! I want to share my AMAZING time with all of you. So when I get the pictures
developed, I will put them on this website. I hope you enjoy my testimonial page. Never give up on your dream to meet one
or even all of the Backstreet Boys. I never did, and my dream came true. I thank God for blessing me with such a wonderful
opportunity. I will also post the ones the kind people behind me are sending as soon as I get them. God bless all of the Brian
and BSB fans, and my website visitors!
~Mindy~
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