So I just thought I'd share with you all a little letter I received in the mail yesterday, which I have already read at least 20 times. I could say a million things about it, but I'll just write exactly what I received. I might give my editorial later (WHICH IS NOW WRITTEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ENTRY). But for right now, it must stand alone.

So here is the letter, exactly as written, which was accompanied by a pair of crystal studded silver danglie earrings shaped like flip flops:

Dena, I think out of both of us you have changed the most. What a blessing you are to my life and praise God for that. In all seriousness, right now I can't see us not being together for the rest of our lives, and I know those are very strong words to say but I mean it. I mean I could be wrong, but it wouldn't be as fun if it wasn't this way now. I know I say that I will try to pray for you, and well I continue to try and fail. It is just hard remembering to do so even with your little text message reminders. I still don't do it near enough. I wish I could pray for you all the time because you are such a special person, and I do pray for you just not all the time. I pray now that no matter what we would be friends for a long time. I also hope that our relationship would include marriage because I just can't see us as "just" friends, it is impossible for me to conceive of that I guess. Maybe I am stupid I don't know? I am serious when I say this (or may God smiteth me) that I actually and really do care about you and I miss you and this is just a little something from me to you to show that. I was disappointed when I bought them because 2 days earlier there was a matching necklace I was going to buy you. Oh well, eh? I hope you like them, I didn't know if you would but I guess I tried, huh? That is better then what I have done in the past so?

Grace and Peace,
Andrew

I was never expecting anything like this. Especially from Andrew. In my previous experience with him, i never would have suspected him to be the "type" to do such a thing. To me, this is a huge step in the right direction. It shows care, concern, and him sacrificing to do something that he wouldn't "normally" do. It shows pursual, vounerability, and honestly. Hes laying truth out on the table, and being sincere about it. He shows a desire to do good and is very encouraging to me. The earrings are nice, but this letter, it is priceless.

Alright. Yvonne? This post is for YOU! And I know, its long over due.

Okie doke...where do i start. for those of you who don't know, Hanson is doing a concert here in town this thursday night. this has got to be the first time i didn't buy tickets like, the day they went on sale...in fact...well...let me back up.

last week, i got a phone call from Yvonne. it was some week night/evening. and i answer the phone and she is like, "dena, are you having a good day?"

"Um...i think so...is everything ok?"

"Are you sitting down?"

"Um...yes....are you alright?" and in the back of my mind i'm THINKING that this what she ended up telling me might be what she was going to tell me, but i was like, i shouldn't think that or get my hopes up or anything.

and Yvonne says, "I just won Hanson tickets off the radio station, and i'm put in a drawing with all the other contest winners to win an autographed Taylor guitar."...

and i'm just like..."SHUT UP...please tell me you're taking me with you." because i STILL hadn't bought tickets. lol....

and of course Yvonne is like, "yes, i'm taking you with me, and if i win the guitar I'm giving it to you because its autographed by hanson and you play guitar."....

so yeah....Long story short...that rocks my socks off...Oh, and get this, she also told me that we might get to do a meet in greet them, and she found out a couple days ago that we DO, in fact, get to meet and greet them.

LMBO...its just funny to me...cause i've majorly calmed down about the whole hanson thing...and i didn't even do a dang thing, and i'm getting the hanson hookup again. i was just going to buy a ticket and like, go by myself, and that was going to be it. lol...but yvonne TOOOOOOOOOTALLY pulled this one way off. haha...Yvonne thanks a lot

I'm sure you'll hear all about it, later.

:)