Heart Strong by Kayla Kelly (learn to read books TXT) 📕

would like to take some pictures on my phone and of course I said yes almost as soon as he finished asking the question. We took one picture on my phone and then we all took a few pictures on my camera. A few minutes later I looked over to the couch across the room and screeched. There, on the couch sitting was Sean Kingston! The only time I had ever seen Sean perform was when he was an opener for Chris Brown and Bow Wow in December of 2007. Justin called Sean over and asked if he'd take some pictures with us. The first thing that I blurted out of my mouth to Sean was "Oh my god, I saw you open for Chris Brown once in 2007." I felt like such a fool. I mean, come on, really? Of all the things I could say to him, that's what comes out of my mouth? I was embarrassed but I think he could tell and we all kind of just laughed it off. After taking some pictures, Justin signed a few magazines that I had brought with me. After about a total of 30 minutes, yes a whole 30 minutes, when we were just about to leave the room to go see the concert, Justin grabbed my hand and said "Wait one second, I have a gift for you." In my mind I played over the possibilities of what it could be. However, none of the things I was thinking even compared to what the actual gift was. He brought out this really long box and I immediately knew what it was. He gave me a brand new Epiphone guitar which was an exact replica of the one he used during his My World tour. He autographed it with my name, his signature, and three words which I now live by every day of my life. The words said "Never Say Never". After taking some more pictures with him and the guitar, it was time to say our goodbyes. He hugged me and shook my hand once more. Justin told me that it was a great honor meeting me. Since the concert was going to begin soon, we handed over my new guitar to our Make A Wish coordinator and she then took it back to our hotel for me. Our seats for the show weren't on the floor but they were in the first section and we were still really close. Sitting right down below us were Justin's mom Pattie, his manager Scooter, and his vocal coach Jan. I couldn't believe that they were sitting right in front of us. Anyway I noticed that we had 2 extra tickets. I thought I should do something with those tickets instead of just wasting them. I sent my brother Ryan off to find 2 people who didn't have such good seats and asked him to give them our extra tickets. A while later, he came back with two girls who were about my age, maybe a little younger. They could not have been more thankful. They were so grateful. It really made me feel good to see that I made someone's day. Before Justin came out on stage, Sean Kingston performed a few songs. I absolutely love seeing him live because it's so different than hearing him on a cd or an i-pod. His songs are always up beat and easy to dance to. I was up and out of my seat dancing from the second he began to the second he stepped foot off stage. A few minutes later, the lights went out and a countdown timer began on the main screen above the stage. Everyone was screaming as the time decreased. The screen went off, and we heard the beginning of "Bigger" start to play. The smoke machines were turned on and rising from under the stage was a large metal cage in the shape of a circle. As that rose, Justin Bieber was officially on the stage. I don't think I ever screamed so loud in my life as I did the moment he began to perform. My favorite Justin Bieber songs are First Dance and Never Say Never. The show was absolutely incredible. During the performance of "One less lonely girl" they brought out a chair and placed it in the middle of the stage. During the middle of the song, a young girl from the audience was brought out onto the stage and was asked to sit on the chair. Justin came down the stairs next to the stage and he had a bouquet of roses in his arms. He brought them down to the girl as he continued singing the song. I won't lie, I was sort of jealous. Who wouldn't be? I'm pretty sure every girl in that arena would have killed to be her. Apparently, at every show, during one less lonely girl, they pick a fan from the audience to be the One Less Lonely girl and then Justin sings to her. Unfortunately for me, I didn't know they did that until then otherwise I would have certainly asked if I could be the One Less Lonely girl when we were all in his dressing room. Oh well right? I guess it's too late. The show came to a close and I was sad that it was over and I felt like I could stay there forever, not just because of Justin Bieber but because I love the feeling I get when I'm at a live concert. It brings me total happiness and I am truly content. The night was finally over and we were now lead back outside to our limo to take us back to our hotel. The entire ride to the hotel, the flight home, and even for the next few weeks all I could do was smile. I couldn't be more thankful to anyone that had anything to do with making my wish come true. For that one moment in time, I wasn't thinking about being sick. I felt like a normal and healthy 17 year old girl. I felt like I didn't have a care in the world. I wasn't thinking about my condition and I wasn't thinking about doctors, or anything like that. I was just happy. I was happier than I had ever been. When he wrote the words "Never say Never" on my guitar, they immediately sunk into my mind. I have seen the quote a few times before, but seeing him write it on the guitar, while I was there and my dream was coming true despite being ill, really made the quote mean so much more to me. I have even gone as far as tattooing the quote permanently onto my body. On the bottom half of my right leg, the quote is tattooed with music notes surrounding it. I live by the saying each and every day of my life. Never Say Never. Dreams do come true. When you feel like giving up, just remember to Never Say Never. Things will get better and no matter how many times you get knocked down, just keep on getting back up. I would just like to say thank you to Justin especially. Also, I would like to thank my family and friends, the Make a Wish foundation, and anyone who had anything to do with making my dream come true. It truly changed my life and helped me to become happy again. Just remember, Never Say Never.
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Text: Kayla Kelly
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Publication Date: 01-28-2012

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