It's been almost seven years now since I met Mandy in Atlanta on september 6, 2007. Even though seven years have passed, I still remember every moment from that day. What makes this day even more than what it is standing by itself is how it all went down. At the time I was 19 years old and by then I was a fan of Mandy for 8 years.

Probably like the rest of you(I hope) when her Wild Hope album came out, I got it that morning; and, knew every song by that afternoon. Well when she announced she was going on tour and coming to Atlanta, I jumped on the computer to buy tickets but my mom stopped...