On Saturday night, My Chico and I had a chance to step back in time. A time when things seemed more carefree and the world was at our fingertips. We loved music, as we still do, but this music was different. It was fun and the guys who sang it were soooo cute! Of course, I can only be talking about the New Kids on the Block.
For a moment, it seemed we were 13 again. For a moment, we were carefree and giddy. I even came within a few feet of Jonathan Knight and brushed against Donnie Wahlberg's arm (ok, I admit, I reached out and made sure I actually touched his arm after he brushed by me).
This night was different than when we were crazy teenagers, though. NKOTB had grown up, and so had we.
Earlier in the day, a terror attack shook London. Two weeks earlier, a concert full of teen girls ended and an explosion rattled as concert-goers left. I had once been a young girl attending my first concert, just like the eight-year-old who lost her life as she left the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. Donnie Wahlberg took time to spread a message of peace and love. He also added a message to remind us to be fearless.
I have signed much of correspondence and many social media posts over the course of the last year with PEACE AND LOVE. So, when Wahlberg asked, "who believes in peace and love," my answer was easy and quick. I cheered, I put up a peace sign, and I listened.
Wahlberg reminded us that we need to keep loving life and going to concerts. We need to be a constant message of peace and love. We need to make it clear that we are fearless, loving, and will continue to be so.
Here we are nearly a year after the awful attack in Orlando. And again, I find myself sending a message to my friends, my family, my readers...Be peace. Be love. Be fearless.
#fearlessfabulous40
#peaceandlove
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