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Post by DEE on May 20, 2005 8:12:06 GMT -5
OMG! We are taking my son Patrick Sunday to see Reba, he is as crazy about her as I am about Cher...ok "almost" as crazy.
Well, Kirk e-mailed one of her assistants and told them about Pat and his special olympic awards and how he loves Reba...and she invited us backstage for a meet and greet! I cried sooo hard when he told me...Pat is just going to be sooo thrilled! We haven't told him yet, because once he knows something he doesn't let it go until it happens. If you have ever met Pat...you know that one of our problems with him is you never know what he is going to say...and he is not shy at all! We asked him if he ever met her what would he say and he saids...I would ask for her autograph! We said what else would you say...and he saids...I would ask her if her hair is REALLY red? I told him no, Pat we don't ask girls if that is there real color...but now that I am thinking about it, Bert asked me that question in NYC!! LOL! Than he said he would ask her if she really was 50 because that is pretty old!!! I again told him we do not ask ladies their age either...just hope he sticks to can I have an autograph!!!!!
We think that we will bring one of his gold medals and a picture of him being the "grasshopper" and give it to her. He was telling us the other day that he should give some of his medals away, because he has sooo many you know! Just never know what he is going to say!
Sorry to ramble on like this but I guess I am a little excited too! If I never got a chance to meet Cher at least I love that Pat gets to meet his favorite!
DEE
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Post by ReachTheStars on May 20, 2005 9:52:00 GMT -5
:-/OMG!! DEE!! This is the most awesome...awesome news!!! I love hearing stuff like this from performers...you know, at the time we were applying for Katie's Starlight Wish, she wished to meet Cher and Britney...and also to go to Disney...well do you know what Starlight told us about Britney?? That she was not doing any meet and greets for that tour!! Showed you RIGHT AWAY WHAT KIND OF CLASS SHE HAD!!  Then look at our Cher...Katie was sooo cute. She wanted to go to Disney and have a family vacation, because we couldn't afford one at the time..her special needs and therapy costs just buried us (13x a week at $225 a pop and Insurance would only cover half!) So we were in debt up the ying yang..still are!! But She wrote Starlight and asked if she could meet CHER AT DISNEY!! LOL...got to admit..my baby goes for the GOLD!! She just loves her!! Hmmm..I wonder why....I just blasted that woman's music all throughout PREGNANCY WITH HER!! LOL...her and Jimmy Buffett!! LOL..My little Rocker...a Cher Die Hard when she was FIVE!!  God love her! GOOD LUCK WITH THE MEET AND GREET GRASSHOPPER! MUCH LOVE YOUR WAY..GIVE HER A BIG HUGE HUG FROM US!!! Love you Buddy.. Di and Katie Bug xoxo |
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Post by joanne on May 20, 2005 15:43:14 GMT -5
wow-how awesome for your son  great news-please tell us all about it. |
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Post by Harmony86 on May 20, 2005 16:54:51 GMT -5
Oh Dee, that rocks!!! I haven't been on the board much lately (sorry everyone...just had so much stuff going on -maybe someday I'll get around to posting about some of it), and it was nice to click on this post and read about your little grasshopper! Congrats...and please do tell us all the details about how it went! Julie |
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Post by Jan on May 20, 2005 17:03:04 GMT -5
Aww don't know of her music I don't follow country but know of her..that's wonderful what a nice person she must be huh? take pics now:) How great! Congrats
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Post by Susanelizabeth28 on May 20, 2005 21:06:41 GMT -5
This is so cool Dee! I am so happy for Patrick, and for you! You will have to fill us in on all the details! So happy to see this happen to such good people! Susan  |
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Post by DEE on May 21, 2005 8:13:40 GMT -5
Thanks everyone! I am sooo excited! I wanted to bring her hardcover autobiography (that Pat has read 5 times!) for her to sign; but I guess Pat carried it to school soooo many times that he lost it and never told us! I was horrified....I spent all day yesterday trying to find another one. I finally ordered one from Amazon but I won't get it until after the show, but at least he will have it again (christmas gift!) I did find a softcover one at a used book store and I guess we will bring that and his calendar.
Di, I thought this was sooo great of her to do also. I guess the tour is sponsored by homes for humanity, which is great by itself! Doesn't surprise me about Britney...guess that is why Cher said "Well, they aren't going to take my place"!
Have to love that Katie....shoot for the gold is right! She did get both of her wishes right? She got to meet Cher and go to Disney world...but not together, right?
Well, will fill everyone in on Monday. Thanks again. You guys are the best!
DEE
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Post by ReachTheStars on May 22, 2005 23:37:43 GMT -5
No Katie bug only got to pick one wish...and they said that was two..hehehe...told ya, she went for the gold. She took the trip...she really wanted to go on a family vacation at the time..that's Katie..selfless...never ever thinking of herself..always thinking of others..always. She picked Hawaii actually...but I kind of talked her out of it...not one of the most handicap accessible places if ya know what I mean..so I rented two videos..one of Hawaii..and one of DisneyWorld..and then I let her pick...and OF COURSE..DISNEY HERE WE COME! I just was on a mission after that..we got home from Disney in April..and I heard over the radio that Cher was doing a Farewell Tour..so I said "OMG, I've got to get Katie to a show!" .. that's when I bought front row for Chicago for us...and got the tickets in hand..called the venue...a month before the show...and wanted to know how to get Katie down to the front row with her wheelchair and that's when they said that her wheelchair wasn't allowed there...it was a fire hazard..so I had to sell her ticket! IT WAS AWFUL..so my good friend Deb bought the ticket from me..and went...that's when I saw the boy in the wheelchair in second row...and went over to the Mom to talk to them..that's when I talked to Gee..and met Bubba..and the rest is history!! The camp found out what happened to us...got us front row tickets for her next Chicago Show in October...and a meet and greet! Didn't know that we were going to meet her then...no one told us..so I was out getting Katie popcorn because she wanted a snack...it was intermission...so my friend watched her...and sure enough..Donna came out to get Katie and others...and my friend got to go!!! Cher picked Katie first to meet...she just loved her...I was sooo flattered...and she ROCKED...OMG the story lives on...all what she said to her..and their whole conversation will be burned in my brain forever!! LOL...she just made KATIE FEEL SOOO SPECIAL DEE!! She was soring for weeks..literally...it was surreal..and so was I!! A month later, that's when Katie got the motivation to walk...and again..the rest is HISTORY!! WOOHOO!! Love that awesome Lady!! What she did for us and for my baby..I will never ever forget it!! MWAH CHER!! WE LOVE YOU!! |
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Post by Lisa on May 23, 2005 11:58:37 GMT -5
Great stories here, wonderful opportunities for the kiddos!!!! |
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Post by DEE on May 23, 2005 21:38:02 GMT -5
OMG! We got to go back stage for a meet and greet with Reba last night and it was fantastic! Like I said we didn't tell Pat anything about it, but when we went to the will call window the lady kind of spilt the beans so we told him. We had to meet by the backstage door at around 830ish and the whole time Brad Paisley was on Pat was asking isn't it time to go backstage yet! We finally met over at the door and Pat was sooo nervous, he kept playing with his hair. We ended up finding the hard cover autobiography book (that Pat had but had lost!) and we bought a program so he had two things for her to sign. We were told she would take one picture with each person and sign one item per person. (it wasn't like with the Cher meet and greets, she had A LOT of people lined up to see her, and she had a special tent area all set up for her to meet you, a pen to sign with, and a guy taking pictures for you.)
We were walking down some stairs to the tent area and you could see Reba inside and Pat started to loose it... he kept asking is that the "REAL" Reba? Is she really there? and I told him yes, he said he thought he was going to cry! He went over first and asked her if she got along with Chyanne, Van and Barbara Jean. Reba with that big smile of hers told him that they all just love each other and get along great and that she had had lunch with Barbara the other day. (These are the characters from Reba's show! Pat sometimes has a hard time distinquishing between reality and tv.) She saw his medals (which he had worn to show, along with his special olympic hoody with the grasshopper embroydered on it.) She just loved them, than she asked Pat who to make the autograph out to and he did not say anything, I think he forgot his name! I told her Patrick and she asked him if he had forgotten his name!!! I couldn't believe it Pat was speachless!
I gave her a gold medal that he wanted her to have, and a picture of him jumping. She asked him if that was him jumping and he said yeah, they call him the grasshopper and showed her the embroyered grasshopper on his hoodie. She thought it was sooo sweet of him to give her a medal and she just loved the grasshopper name. She told him that she would NEVER FORGET THE GRASSHOPPER, and she had his medal to help her remember. Than she gave him the biggest hug and he turned EVERY shade of red there is! He ended up getting about 3 pictures of him and her and than one with Matt and myself too.
He was walking on cloud nine right after that and Kirk is his new best friend!! He thanked him a million times and told me that Kirk rocked for setting this up for him! I have to agree with that; it was sooo sweet of him to do this.
I will say this about Reba, she is just what you see in concert and on her show! She has the most contagious smile and she is the absolute SWEETEST person! She was sooo friendly and warm it was like we had known her personally forever! She also is one of the prettiest people I have ever seen. And tiny...I could probably have put my arm totally around her waist. I could have hung out back there forever. God knows that Pat could have!! We totally enjoyed the concert and the money went to a good cause...habitat for humanity.
Pat could not wait to go to school today and tell EVERONE...but unfortunately NO ONE would believe him! Not even his bus driver or teacher. I will def have to get his pictures so that he can prove it! It really was a great experience and I thank Krik so much for helping us achieve it. I know that Pat will never forget it. It was great to get to meet her...wish it could have been Cher but Reba was nice too.
DEE
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Post by joanne on May 24, 2005 9:50:28 GMT -5
sounds liken unforgettable evening-so happy for pat |
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Post by Lisa on May 24, 2005 12:45:02 GMT -5
That is sooooo wonderful Dee, gave me the chills!!! ;D Sounds like Reba is a very cool lady, glad to hear that.. I would love to see the pics, you can email them to me if you wouldn't want to post.. Congrats to grasshopper!!!  |
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Post by DEE on May 25, 2005 7:32:28 GMT -5
Lisa will gladly e-mail you the pictures. They turned out sooo nice...except me in it...Hate pictures of me! Send me your e-mail addy, please. I also have a few collection pictures to send over to you (you are the one adding them right?)..we took some of my wall and collection so we could finish out the roll with Reba on it!
We Found out yesterday that Kirk got us backstage at the Soaring Eagle auditorium here in Michigan on July 1st! All he had to do was write the "code word" 'GRASSHOPPER" and I guess we were in!! I am again sooo excited! Let's see if she remembers the "Grasshopper"!
DEE
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Post by ReachTheStars on May 25, 2005 7:39:17 GMT -5
OMG..Pictures..Pictures! I want to see pictures! WOOHOO!! Loved your story Dee...boy Grasshopper will be BEAMING for weeks!! LOL...it is sooo cool to see that Buddy...that wonderful GLOW! God love her!! Big Hugs to you Grasshopper..YOU ROCK! Love, Di |
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Post by DEE on May 25, 2005 7:54:06 GMT -5
I will send some over to you as well, Di. You are so right the look on his face in the pictures tells it all! He was soo happy, just wish the kids at school would have believed him and not teased him about making it all up. kids can be soo mean, sometimes...but today he has the pictures so he can show them.
DEE
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Post by Lisa on May 25, 2005 21:03:51 GMT -5
Great Dee!!! Thought you had my email addy I will send you a private message on this forum.. |
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Post by ReachTheStars on May 26, 2005 0:32:42 GMT -5
OMG Dee..it's funny you should say that about the kids at school...KATIE WOULD NOT TELL ANYONE AT SCHOOL SHE MET CHER!! I always wondered why she downplayed it...didn't want to talk about it...kind of shrugged it off at school so she would be the center of any attention. Katie hates that...she wants to be in the back of the bus, ya know? Not front and center...
But Now that you just said it about Patrick..I finally put two and two together as to why...no one would believe her!! So you know what? I am so glad I did this after she met her... I put an 8x10 in the school Office!! Right on the Bulletin Board...FRONT and CENTER BABY...and IT ROCKED!! ;D
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Post by mikebol77 on May 26, 2005 5:59:37 GMT -5
Wow Dee great story I am going to see Reba's concert on Friday in St Louis & looking forward to it. It is not Cher but Reba will have to do for now.
Michael
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Post by Jan on May 27, 2005 18:37:17 GMT -5
Ooh can u post the pics Dee would love to see em..Really Di when Katie met Cher she downplayed it in school? ...I thought Cher more popular by u out there no?
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Post by ReachTheStars on May 28, 2005 0:13:26 GMT -5
No...CHER ROCKS HERE! Just Katie didn't want to bring any attention to herself...she's just not that way...she kept it to herself...I'm like TELLING THE WHOLE SCHOOL!! Katie's soooo shy...believe it or not...incredibly shy and humble... |
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Post by DEE on May 28, 2005 15:29:50 GMT -5
I can have Lisa put them up for me...If you can please? I am absolutely NO GOOD WITH COMPUTER AND PICTURES!
Pat is still really downplaying meeting Reba. He hasn't even shown everyone at school or his bus driver the pictures! I don't really get it..cause Pat LOVES attention? Yesterday though one of his friends teased him about liking country and Reba when he likes heavy medal and pat said I don't like Reba that much, I told him that it is ok to like what you like. If he would rather get into Reba than Korn or slip Knot than that is ok, that is who he is. So, not sure if that is why he is being so quiet...cause it is not a teen thing to like reba maybe?
DEE
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Post by Jan on May 29, 2005 8:23:23 GMT -5
Ooh yeah have lisa put up on for the fans..she's gonna put up my netherlands buddy's tattoo too he has of Cher..he wants to have it signed..ALL BECAUSE OF ME if he ever meets her..cos we love All Because of you on HOS LP! Hope his dream comes true he deserves it:) I feel ur pain Dee I suck at computers too:( Bigtime |
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Then look at our Cher...Katie was sooo cute. She wanted to go to Disney and have a family vacation, because we couldn't afford one at the time..her special needs and therapy costs just buried us (13x a week at $225 a pop and Insurance would only cover half!) So we were in debt up the ying yang..still are!! But She wrote Starlight and asked if she could meet CHER AT DISNEY!! LOL...got to admit..my baby goes for the GOLD!! She just loves her!! Hmmm..I wonder why....I just blasted that woman's music all throughout PREGNANCY WITH HER!! LOL...her and Jimmy Buffett!! LOL..My little Rocker...a Cher Die Hard when she was FIVE!! 
God love her!
great news-please tell us all about it.
