Meeting David and family.

How do you write about something you still don’t fully understand? Well you write from the heart so that’s what I will do. I first saw David as many people did when he auditioned for Idol in San Diego and I was a fan from the start.; His voice, his smile, his laugh, his heart, his everything. Something inside me opened up and I felt there was really something good in the world, if that makes any sense.

His music and influence in my life has been so healing. My mother battled cancer all during 2008 and I would play David to lift both my and my parent’s spirits. My mom would say to me, “Is that angels singing?” and I would say yes. David really is an angel to me. My mom is doing much better these days.

So I have had the opportunity to see David perform many times but Vegas was to be the first time I would get to meet him. My friend Maggie was to have come with me but her mother is very sick with cancer and she had to go back home to take care of her. When that happened I did not know what to do so I just prayed and got the answer to auction the ticket off for charity. I contacted Jenny at FOD and she set it all up with Ebay. (Yeah Jenny….you Rock!) Suddenly something, which was so sad started becoming something amazing. I told Maggie what I was doing and that the proceeds would go to SU2C in her mom’s name and that made her so happy.

Ok so here is the concert story. I found out Melody won the auction and emailed her about meeting once I got to Vegas. I was kind of nervous about going alone but if I had known the amazing people I was about to meet I need not have worried. David’s fans are some of the nicest people I have ever met.

I went to the FOD lunch and met some really cool people. We talked, watched videos, played games, and raised money for Rising Star Outreach. If there is one thing that David has awakened in me, it’s the desire to give back. And it is something you understand his fans embrace too from the moment you meet them. They were there for something more than just David and that felt wonderful. It felt like family because that’s what it is.

So after lunch I got ready and met Melody for the first time. We were pals from the first time we met and it was clear we were about to have an amazing adventure together. I share all of the emotions she shared in her story. And I had a great time watching how in awe she was of how immense this experience was as it was unfolding. Every moment was beyond amazing. I felt and still do as though I were walking in a dream and all I did was let go and trust God to lead the way.

So we endured the dreaded wind storm and went into the VIP where there were lots of new friends I had made at the lunch. Tons of people were there from Utah which was cool. I am from LA btw. I felt so at peace and comfortable like it was the most natural thing in the world to be waiting for David to come sing for us. And then there he was and he was just so David. Random, funny, adorable, and at home with us. I told Melody to be prepared for his voice because she has never heard him live. It can be overwhelming.

He sang Heaven which was like walking in Heaven. EVERYTIME he sings it is something new and special and real. It is a gift from his soul to ours and that is why we are so connected to him and to each other. He sings of humanity and peace and love and passion and goodness and integrity and I could go on forever. And then the song is over and he is just little David again almost embarrassed to have had that come out of him. He is so aware of his role as a vessel. That is one thing I have always known about him. He has no ego, None. And that is something I strive for. I have much to learn from this man of 18 years.

Crazy was next and if I was not already floating above the ground I was certainly after this song. Hauntingly beautiful. How could be possibly be able to touch those deepest hurts inside of me and somehow gently bring in the light into those dark places? Yet he does and does not even know it. I looked around the room during both songs and saw the faces of brothers and sisters. I saw us all as one common people who only want to love and be loved.

So then came the questions and they were hilarious. David rambled on about his Turkey burger on wheat bread and how wheat bread is so good and how people don’t get it. He wants to write a love song about wheat bread but call it wheat fields but only he will know its about bread. Haha “White bread is all stretchy but wheat bread is like Ahhhhhhhhhh.”

Then there was the amazing duet with a fan who was pregnant and she was really good. He even said so. And then my favorite quote when he was trying to remember To Be With You he played a random chord and said to himself, “What song is THAT?” It was hilarious.

Ok so then we took pictures and I asked Melodee to take the pic with me because I thought it would be cool. Out of body experience waiting in line to meet David. I told Melodee I was going to tell him what we did for SU2C and she said we would not have time but we were encouraged to tell him from someone in line so when we got to David I just started talking and told him. I wish I could have frame by frame memory because when David looks at you and is listening to you the entire world stops. Literally. This has never happened to me before but with David it did.

When I told him Melodee bought the ticket and that the money went to SU2C his face was so happy and excited and he turned all his attention to Melodee. I thought the girl would explode from the happiness I saw coming out of her. The energy of that moment was so amazing. I truly feel as though I have had a spiritual experience. And it was not just because of David. It was because of everything that brought us there to that moment and all the love which brought us there. It was all love.

So it probably lasted 20 seconds but it felt like a lifetime and then we took our pic with David which came out really great. I look at it and cant believe it really happened. Afterwards we just watched the rest of the people get their pictures and celebrated that everyone was getting a moment just like ours. I felt like a kid and I still do.

We kept standing around and even then thought David needed to go and was very late he stopped in the door to talk about what he was wearing that night. It seemed like he didn’t want to go either. And then he was gone but the joy remained because it was living inside of all of us.
I want to say how amazing the young woman from All Access is. I forgot her name but she was so nice to us and so gets David. It is clear he has worked his magic yet again haha. Melodee and I took a picture with her. She was happy too when I told her the story and shared with me that she had lost her father to cancer last year. It just goes to remind me yet again of the connection we all share with one another. Sometimes it comes through joy and sometimes through shared pain but it is in the sharing that healing comes.

This story is getting to be of epic length but its my heart talking remember? So on to the concert. It was like we had almost forgotten we still got to see DAVID ARCHULETA in concert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG OMG OMgosh. Melodee and I were all fangirl and fanboy as we bopped into the arena to our row 8 seats. They were cool but we didn’t stay there. As soon as David started Touch My Hand I dragged her up to front and the security let us go right to the rail!!!!!!! If you watch the You Can video you can see us behind David the whole time laughing and singing. It was a dream in a dream.

And of course David was out of this world amazing as always. As I said before, every time he sings it is new. Every song is new. Every phrase is new. And there we were at the rail and I kept thinking, “This is like all those pictures I see on FOD but I am here taking them in with my eyes. Unreal. So we danced and jumped and sang and laughed and cried and then he sang Crush and was gone. But the love lingered. The joy lingered. Because we are vessels of that love just as David is. We are drawn to him because he opens within us a direct conduit to that which connects us to one another, love. And I call love God. When I hear David I feel in connection with God. It’s that simple.

Afterwards we all hugged and laughed and I had to say goodbye to Melodee but know that we are forever friends and forever connected by this experience. There are no accidents in Gods world. The rest of the gang all went to TGIF’s and ate and shared stories and pics and laughter. I cant wait to see you all again and to be a share in the beauty that David brings out in all of us.

Thank you Jenny at FOD. Thank you Melodee. Thank you Georgeaan. Thank you all the wonderful Fans of David I met and hope to see soon.
And thank you David.