Which was better meeting Jose Canseco or touching Steven Tyler from Aerosmith's shoe in a concert?

I almost had this post finished when I touched something wrong and lost it. Darn laptop. Soooo, starting over only now I am a little more under the influence of Xanax. I take it and a sleep aid because the Cowden Syndrome has left me with a cognitive impairment that only affects sleep. How odd is that?

I started a new blog since the old one was filling up fast. I promise to get back to posting more about the story of my past and the health issues but tonight I am just not in the mood.

So, I got to thinking about how I was patient #10,000 something at St. Jude from 1986-2002. In all those years I met very few celebrities however if it had not been for being there I wouldn't have met any. I "almost" met more celebs than I did. I missed Michael Jordan by a day. I missed Garth Brooks by a week. I have always hated sports so I didn't care about missing Jordan and I wasn't a big fan of country so that didn't bother me much either.

The one I wanted to meet most was Danny himself of course. I believe it was March 1991 when that dream died. I did get to see his daughter Terre in 1996 when I was released from an overnight stay in the hospital from complications of a bilateral breast biopsy.

The biggest celeb I met and the only one I remember meeting really is Jose Canseco. A child who was bedridden had wished for him to come to the hospital to meet him so while he was there he gave authographs to patients. I didn't want to get in line for an autograph at first. I thought--sports hero--so what. My parents told me to get in line. I did. I met him. A lady shooed me away from the camera and I heard him say "I hate the press." I had a lot of admiration for him after that though I still didn't watch baseball and I kept that ball for 15 years stored with nothing to protect it so now there is a smudge that says "To Andrea" and then his name in a different color. That man was totally beautiful and HUGE. It was almost enough for me to start watching baseball but not quite.

I once saw the lead singer from Alabama. What happened was my nurse shut my shutters and he walked by them. My mom was defiant and opened them but by that time he had walked on by. I could still see his back though. It was ok. As I said, I wasn't much of a country music fan.

Now rock I like and liked. There have been very few people I want to meet but one of them is Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler. I have been in love with him since I was a little girl. My husband and I met and one of our bonds was over a love for Aerosmith. We almost named our son Steven Tyler Rowe. Anyway, Shawn and I have been to 4 concerts--I believe. Aerosmith was my first concert though I did later go to see Kid Rock, ACDC twice, and others. We missed the last Memphis concert due to my being hugely pregnant with Hannah. Prior to that we almost missed that concert. Despite the horrible weather (a whole inch of snow and ice--we shut down in this area for that lol) we made it to the concert.

The stage was set up different than before. This was the first time we had floor seats but we were far away so I didn't expect to see him up close. With how the stage was he could get closer though. Everyone was pushing their way through ready to grab at a rock legend. I was weak and always have been but my husband pushed me up where I could look up and touch Steven's shoe. I felt weird doing it. Another lady had his other one and wouldn't let go. I kept touching it and then stopping and then touching it and then stopping. I started to feel like everything was all worship like. I was into the music and into him but not enough to be worshipping. I didn't know about his leg or knee issues until recently but now I wish I could have went back and taken that away just by touch--like that guy in the Green Mile could do. I could have handled the physical pain because I didn't have a history of drug use to complicate things but in the end it worked out ok when he got help for the problem.

So finally in answer to this question. It was better touching Steven Tyler's shoe than meeting Jose Canseco. I still hope to meet Steven one day but living in rural NE Arkansas makes it extremely doubtful but nothing is outside of the realm of possibility. I couldn't imagine meeting him as I've crushed on him since I was 11 years old. Even though I am now 31 I would probably turn into an 11 year old lol. Oh well, dreams. They make life interesting.