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Omg. Had to repost this. Can’t believe my husband did this with me 4 years ago 😂😂😂. I think i was 12 weeks pregnant with Nora hahaha

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Nora’s reaction video is basically how we all felt seeing the snake turn into butterflies.

A snaaaaaake. BUTTERFLIES!!

@taylorswift @taylornation

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Nora wanting mommy. Lucy wanting mommy. Mommy wanting coffee, rest, and some quiet time. But, what if I’m alright, right here. @taylorswift @taylornationonline

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Don’t have a lot of pictures of just the 3 of us. Lisa (me), Nora, and Lucy. Nora LOVES @taylorswift , I’m sure Lucy will too 😊😊

@taylorswift @taylornation

Hi Taylor!

These tiny Swifties adore you and your music! We are all so excited for the new album. I hope you know how special you are to all of us adults who want positive role models for the children in our lives.

We should be proud of our littles...and proud that we are the ones who help influence their lives. Taylor, we are so grateful for your ability to create music that joins everyone together & brings so much JOY. Thank you.

We love you & cannot wait for Lover! 💕

Love,

13 Swifties & their favorite tiny Swifties!

@dreamsparkleandshine (Sandra & Nick)

@jillnoel (Jill & Lily)

@thismomlovestaylorswift (Katie & Ryan)

@swiftymama86 (Brenda, Adrina & Rex)

@boobeckaboo (Becky & Shelby)

@whit-tay13 (Whitney & Reed)

@talldrinkofhappy (Cindy, Eloise, Wells & Henry)

@katie--slater (Katie, Ethan & Asher)

@thesethingswillchange (Steph & Leyton)

@zoey-and-kellovetaylor (Kelley & Zoey)

@we-couldnt-quite-forget (Heidi, Maddie & Liam)

@montanaswiftie (Suzi, Rowyn & Aspen)

@spartanswiftie (Tara, Lauren & Maddie)

P.S. Please reblog with photos of your tiny Swifties! And Taylor...if you see this...please look through the comments & reblogs to see just how many littles look up to you!

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Nora wanting mommy. Lucy wanting mommy. Mommy wanting coffee, rest, and some quiet time. But, what if I’m alright, right here. @taylorswift @taylornationonline

[lisahope89]

Nora wanting mommy. Lucy wanting mommy. Mommy wanting coffee, rest, and some quiet time. But, what if I’m alright, right here. @taylorswift @taylornationonline

[lisahope89]

Nora’s reaction video is basically how we all felt seeing the snake turn into butterflies.

A snaaaaaake. BUTTERFLIES!!

@taylorswift @taylornation

[lisahope89]

Nora’s reaction video is basically how we all felt seeing the snake turn into butterflies.

A snaaaaaake. BUTTERFLIES!!

@taylorswift @taylornation

[lisahope89]

Nora’s reaction video is basically how we all felt seeing the snake turn into butterflies.

A snaaaaaake. BUTTERFLIES!!

@taylorswift @taylornation

[lisahope89]

It’s fine. Everything is fine.

[lisahope89]

Tay, We LOVE you & can’t wait to see you on tour!

Hi @taylorswift! I am making a list of Swifties who have been amazing friends to me. None of them have ever met you or been able to tell you in person how much you have changed their lives for the better. We have all been here since the beginning and truly adore you. We will always stand by you and just want to be able to thank you in person. Many of these Swifties have a follow from you and are so thankful! Please, if you see this post, find a way to hug these incredible people. 

Sandra ( @dreamswiftdreams, Twitter: @Sandradeebee)

This is Sandra’s ONLY show & she has been a dedicated Swiftie since the VERY beginning. PLEASE find her. She is an absolute gem and I LOVE her. I feel as if she is the MOST deserving Swiftie and needs to meet you as soon as possible. I don’t know anyone in this fandom who would disagree with me.

August 25th NASHVILLE

Sec 112 Row BB Seat 13

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Katie ( @thismomlovestaylorswift, Twitter: @KatieKotarski)

Katie will be with her husband & Kids and would LOVE to hug you! She is one of my very best Swiftie friends…and I would love to see her finally hug you.

August 14th TAMPA

Sec 305 Row D Seats 24-27

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Rebeccca ( @rebeccacres, Twitter: @RebeccaCres)

Rebecca has been one of the greatest friends to me over the last 4 years. Please find her in Atlanta!

August 10th ATLANTA Night 1

FLOOR Sec L Row 37 Seats 27-30

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Colleen ( @cdunham7,Twitter: @ColleenDunham)

Colleen is going to two shows, but will be with her mom in St.Louis. She LOVES you so much, and would love to tell you in person. You have helped her so much. I can’t wait to see her again at the STL show! 

September 8th KANSAS CITY  (Sec 331 Row 8 Seats 8-9)

September 18th ST.LOUIS (Sec 114 Row A Seats 1-2)

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Jill ( @frontrow2018, Twitter: @Jill__Noel)

Please find Jill & her daughter! They love you so much!

August 31st MINNEAPOLIS Night 1 (FLOOR A Row 15 Seat 1)

September 1st MINNEAPOLIS Night 2 (FLOOR P Row 9 Seat 1)

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Andrea ( @watchingtayshine)

Andrea is one of the first people I met online. She is so supportive and a true swiftie. Please give her the biggest hug!

August 4th TORONTO Night 3

Sec. A6 Row 22 Seats 4-5

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Kelley & Zoey ( @zoey-and-kellovetaylor, Twitter: @KelleyJ2587)

Kelley will be at the show with her little girl Zoey who ADORES you Tay. Please find them and make this little girl’s dreams come true!

August 10th ATLANTA Night 1 

Sec. 113 Row 8 Seats 1-3

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Molly ( @pittstick, Twitter: @TS1989isqueen)

Molly has never met you, and has always been an amazing friend. She truly deserves to hug you. Please find her in DC!

July 10th DC Night 1

FLOOR B3 Row 22 Seats 1-2

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Jackie ( @areweootw13, Twitter: @jackief_13)

Jackie is another great friend who has been a dedicated swiftie for so long. Her dream to meet you needs to come true. Please find her!

GILLETTE (All 3 nights)

July 26th: Pit C

July 27th: Sec 135 Row 1 Seats 1-4

July 28th: Sec B7 Row 15 Seats 1-2

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Bridgette ( @swiftbridge, Twitter: @bridgettemorel)

Bridgette is one of the kindest people and is so anxious to see you! She has to wait a while…but it will be worth it!  She would love to give you the biggest hug and tell you in person just how much you mean to her. It is her dream. Please find Bridgette!

AUSTRALIA

PERTH: B11 Row L Seat 1

MELBOURNE: A10 Row R Seat 1

SYDNEY: A6 Row L Seat 33

BRISBANE: A13 Row F Seat 8

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Tay, Thank you for being such an inspiration to us all. We love you so so much!

I cannot wait to see you in St.Louis! My husband & I will be bringing Shelby to her first concert. Shelby & I would LOVE to meet you. I have been a fan for nearly 12 years…and Shelby doesn’t know life without you. 

Rebecca ( Twitter: @beckbeckboo)

September 18th ST.LOUIS

FLOOR Seats

@taylornation

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My Journey to Try to Meet Tay

So, I put together this thread on Twitter not long before my first Rep Tour date (Columbus, OH 7.7.18) and it got quite a bit of attention in the Swiftie fandom (as of right now, I believe the original thread is up to 113 retweets and 242 likes, which is A LOT for little old me). I am trying to get @taylorswift & @taylornation to see it, and maybe…just maybe….this story can finally get its happy ending before I am finished with my rep tour dates. I figured in order to increase my chances of getting it seen, I’d write it all out here on tumblr as well, and maybe some of you very sweet fellow swifties will reblog, tag Tay, etc. I’d truly appreciate it. My next show is Atlanta Night 2, and then I will be in Nashville as well.  Here we go, an overview of all of the times I have gone out hoping to meet @taylorswift: 

1) 2007 - Country Concert Festival Fort Loramie, OH - I was 15 years old, and Taylor was the earliest act of the day and only had like a 30 minute set. I begged my parents to let me go with my boyfriend at the time just to see her play. There were only like 3 people in the crowd who knew her songs! I’d been following her Myspace (LOL) so I knew already that she loved interacting with her fans, and I waited by her tour bus opposite side of a gate for over an hour before a security guard eventually told me that she was not going to be coming over, that I was pathetic for waiting so long, and that I need to leave. I started crying, and my boyfriend made us go. 

2) 2008 - Country Concert Festival Fort Loramie, OH - Taylor got invited back! A slightly later slot, but it was on Sunday which a lot of people don’t stick around for (the festival actually has since cut the day entirely). My high school bestie and I were there though with a poster baring Tay’s lyrics and screaming every word to the songs she played. I don’t have photos of our posters because some drunk girl stepped on it after we had accidentally dropped it and ended up ripping it pretty bad. We waited by the buses after her set for quite awhile before we were eventually told by security that she had to catch a flight to NY or something and wouldn’t be coming out.

3) 2009 - Defying Gravity Tour - Taylor was opening for Keith Urban and a group of my friends and I got tickets to just to see her! I got to meet Mama Swift for the first time, but didn’t meet Tay. I wasn’t really surprised because there were so many of us in our group, and this was before her headlining days so we didn’t even really know if there’d be a chance or not.

4) 2009 - CMT Awards Nashville, TN - I bought tickets when it was announced that Taylor would be performing, and drove to Nashville from Ohio (with my older sisters accompanying me because I was only 17 haha). I got to meet a lot of celebrities actually outside of the venue beforehand, but not Taylor, and my phone also died before the show so I didn’t get any photos. 

5) 2009 - Fearless Tour Columbus, OH - Nothing crazy happened this day, really, but it marked the beginning of Natalie and my’s ongoing Taylor concert bond! Taylor also came this close to us during “Hey Stephen” and touched my hand as she was walking back to the stage! 

6) 2009 - Fearless Tour Indianapolis, IN - A random guy-friend of mine ended up with an extra floor ticket to the show and invited me so of course I said yes! I saw Mama Swift again, and she actually remembered me and “all my jean skirt, cowboy hat friends” from Cincinnati (the keith urban show!) – I was shocked, and she is so sweet that she upgraded us from our back-of-floor seats to the pit! 

7) 2010 - Fearless Tour Cincinnati, OH - My friend and I arrived to the venue at like 10 A.M. the day of the show, and we brought a scrapbook we had made for Taylor. It ended up raining and still we stood outside (trying to protect our book lol) for nearly five hours across from the tour buses/loading area. Eventually someone from Tay’s team came out and gave us pit passes and took the book promising to get it to Taylor. I still have no idea if she ever saw it. 

8) 2013 - The 13 Hour Meet & Greet Nashville, TN - This is the hardest day to talk about of them all…We came from Ohio and walked around the event ALL DAY (totaled about 10 hours) trying to be picked by Taylor’s team members and we watched fans meet Taylor all day from this close to us. We never were picked, and eventually we left/gave up once they announced the last meet & greet wristbands had been handed out. It was honestly heartbreaking because this event had our hopes up so high, but Taylor is truly an angel for meeting SO many people that day, and I don’t fault her at all. Plus, we did get to enjoy a free acoustic set!! 

9) 2011 - CMA Fest Nashville, TN - At an event this big, we truly didn’t expect to meet Taylor, but we still had an incredible time supporting her as a CLOSING act of the festival!! 

10) 2011 - Speak Now Tour Indianapolis, IN - We had SOOO many glowsticks haha but it worked somewhat! Taylor’s team came up to us in our literal nosebleed seats and gave us pit passes! It was an amazing experience, but we still didn’t get to meet Taylor. 

11) 2011 - Speak Now Tour Cleveland, OH - This concert was the VERY NEXT NIGHT from the previous entry in this story! Two out of three of us (Natalie and I of course) made a back-to-back trip from Indianapolis to our hometown (2 hours each way) and then to Cleveland immediately (4 hours each way) to see Taylor again in our same get-up from the night before. We had floor seats this time, and there were these two precious little girls in front of us who kept standing on the chairs in order to see and getting scolded by security. It was breaking my heart that them (or their parents who kept trying to hold them but they were heavy as like seven year olds) couldn’t truly enjoy the concert. Since we knew what the setlist would do, we told the family about Taylor’s “b-stage” songs she’d sing later closer to us. I saw Andrea and told her what was going on, and she said I looked familiar haha I gave her a brief overview of shows I’d been to and when we’d met and she said, “so of course, you’ve met Taylor” or something along those lines and I truthfully said “no I haven’t.” She had me go get the family and brought all of us into the sound-stage/b-stage private area for Taylor’s set there and for the rest of the show. The family was so excited and when Taylor came down from the stage, she hugged those little girls on her way out to the crowd and when she was hugging these other girls in front of us, she extended her arm to half-hug us at the same time. I CRIED A LOT.

12) 2013 - Red Tour Columbus, OH - At this point, we tried to up our costume game lol we went for the “22″ music video look. We were pretty happy with it! We didn’t get noticed by anyone for anything at this show, though. Nothing crazy happened, but as always any night at a Taylor Swift show is magical and memorable <3 

13) 2015 - 1989 Tour Louisville, KY - OOOO Lucky #13 ;) This really was a lucky show. We went to the @taylornation booth and they were impressed by how many shows we’d each gone to, and when I told them all about my Master’s Degree Thesis (I wrote it entirely on Taylor just a few months prior, and had just earned my graduate degree about a month before this show!). They were really intrigued by this and kept asking for all sorts of details lol when we left the booth, we barely made it far away before one of the girls from TN was chasing us down. My heart was beating SO FAST. She asked if we’d like to enjoy Taylor from the pit that night instead of our ticketed upper-level seats. OF COURSE! We didn’t get offered Loft ‘89 that night, unfortunately, which once we’d been upgraded we didn’t expect. Although, some girls nearby us did get upgraded and then later given Loft as well. Props to them! This was still one of my favorite show experiences and memories, especially because I heard the “Clean” speech for the first time and I REALLY needed it at this time in my life. A lot of tears were shed. 

14) 2015 - 1989 Tour Gillette Stadium, MA - We won tickets to this!! Couldn’t believe it. Four of us got to go, and we drove TWELVE HOURS (it actually ended up being like 14 after traffic and stops etc haha) to go to this. This was one of the costume get-ups I am the most proud of. When we got to the TN booth, there weren’t any of Taylor’s team working it (I guess it was stadium employees taking pics idk). We did our best to stand out during the show, but we didn’t get to meet Taylor. I actually heard that there may not have even been a Loft that night, but there had been at the previous night Gillette show.

15) 2015 - 1989 Tour Columbus, OH - We loved our outfits for this, we were BAD BLOOD AF!! We didn’t get noticed in any way this night, though. Taylor was still amazing as per usual and it was my last time seeing the 1989 Tour. We did, however, cry on the drive home feeling defeated yet again….

16) 2018 - Reputation Stadium Tour Columbus, OH - Just recently added this one because I’m one show into the Rep Tour and have still not met Tay. My first show of the rep tour required me to drive 6 hours from Nashville (I moved here in 2016), but I was so excited that the drive there flew by! I’ve really been working hard to get noticed on social media this era (as you’ve seen everything above wasn’t working for me). I thought maybe this twitter thread was finally enough to get attention from Taylor/TN, so I honestly got my hopes up more than I should’ve about getting a DM for pre-show. I’m still not totally sure what was going on, but it seemed that there wasn’t as many pre-show DM’s as usual and maybe the process is changing (or the holiday impacted it idk still really). Not that I thought I was a shoe-in or anything for a pre-show M&G, but the situation did make me feel like my shot of meeting Taylor now was definitely low. We were absolutely in AWE of every aspect of this show, though, let me tell you. I wasn’t disappointed in any way by Taylor’s production. Wow. Just wow. We also were unexpectedly right next to one of the B-stages so Taylor was so close during that part of the show! I cried my eyes out to the “Long Live” & “New Year’s Day” mash-up because of my new long live tattoo and because NYD has significance to me and my relationship. Unfortunately, I ended up feeling AWFUL like a majority of the show though (like sick) and it got worse about halfway through.I spent a lot of time trying not to throw up or miss any of Taylor performing, and I toughed it out, but it wasn’t the way I wanted to experience the show. I ended up having to sprint past everyone with Natalie’s help to make it to a bathroom and throw up and I felt awful our whole hour drive back to Natalie’s house. It’s honestly probably good I didn’t get picked for post-show rep room because of how bad I felt! ANYWAY I’m still sad it didn’t happen for me, but I am hopeful that it wasn’t the right time and my time with Taylor is still coming.

CONCLUSION: I am not in anyway ungrateful for the @taylorswift experiences I have had thus far. I know I have gotten more from Andrea and @taylornation than many have. Some people haven’t even gotten to see Taylor live! I know that, BUT my DREAM since before section #1 here has been to meet Taylor and thank her in person for everything she’s helped me get through. So if it’s possible in anyway to make this happen so I can tell her that, show her my tattoos she’s inspired, tell her about my thesis, etc….it’d mean the world to me.

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TAYLOR! Another amazing list of people who you should follow: (2/5)

Kyleigh @hairundone

Bethy @swiftedbethy13

Adam @swiftone

Andrea @itisandrea13

Erin @smallreputations

Darcy @darcyreputation13

Jackie @tayitforward13

Jess @allLthinkabot

Jirandy @sofrustated

Dana @hostage2feeling

Monica @holdontotheswiftiememories

Lisa @lisahope89

Kayla @tweeterbugkayla

Kimmy @feeling-so-gatsbyy13

Aziz @13swiftdelicate

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Oh, darling… don’t you ever grow up 😭💕

Eloise aka ANGELOISE is turning ONE this week… time sure flies when you’re growing up Swift! Lo is still making her TS surprise face (it’s her fav face), and is always crawling, babbling, giggling, and dancing to your music with me, @taylorswift!

So much has changed since you checked in on us on my live - we’re doing better than we ever were! You asked me WHATS! IT LIKE! BEING A MOM! and I’m pleased to report that it’s honestly the best thing I’ve ever done, there’s nothing in the world like it! Angie @bubblyaschampagne & I are loving life as Moms, Lo and Meels have so much fun together! We are all counting down the days until rep Tour DC, miss you!

[lisahope89]

TAYLOR! Another amazing list of people who you should follow:

Kyleigh @hairundone

Bethy @swiftedbethy13

Adam @swiftone

Andrea @itisandrea13

Erin @smallreputations

Darcy @darcyreputation13

Jackie @tayitforward13

Jess @allLthinkabot

Jirandy @sofrustated

Dana @hostage2feeling

Monica @holdontotheswiftiememories

Lisa @lisahope89

Kayla @tweeterbugkayla

Kimmy @feeling-so-gatsbyy13

Aziz @13swiftdelicate

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Driving to Chicago from Indy!!!! @taylorswift @taylornation