The Michael Jackson Fan Club

by Trisha, USA

August 30, 2003

Hi, my name is Trisha and I am 12 years old. I have bad asthma so around a year and a half ago, Make A Wish Foundation came to my house and asked me what my number one wish was, and it was to meet Michael Jackson himself. About a year after they had came and asked me what I wanted, They called me back. At first I thought they were going to say that I wasn't going to meet Michael Jackson ever, but instead, they told my mom and I, that we were flying to Los Angeles in three weeks to go to the Celebration Of Love concert. I screamed and cried. I couldn't wait.

When we got to the concert, we waited patiently in the hall to get seated by the people that came to seat us and we sat down. We waited till the end of the show, when some guy came down and said that Michael would either come down to see you, or we will go up to see him. Either way I was happy. Then he came back down and said that Michael would like us to go up to his dressing room. So, my mother and I, plus the other 2 families that were there, walked up the narrow staircase and walked into the dressing room and he was standing in the corner, in front of the firehouse. I was the second to walk up to him and he hugged me so tightly. His colonge got all over the shirt I was wearing, but I hugged him again and started crying. I told him I was a fan since I was 1, and he went "Wow...Thank you". I couldn't believe he said Thank you to me. Michael and my mother were starting up a conversation about a place in Scotland from where she was, It was Lochlomond I believe. I still couldn't believe it.. The next day (Sunday), we got on a bus and drove for three ours to the Neverland ranch, where fans were loaded down the street with "Happy Birthday, King Of Pop!" banners everywhere. I seen Michael pull out in his black S.U.V I think, but wasnt sure... That's how I got to meet Michael Jackson.