What was the last experience that took your breath away?

Yesterday I was reading a blog from my favorite band and they'd just had a contest for a fan to interview them about their song dealing with cancer. I didn't attempt the contest, because I knew I would be mush on the phone with them if I by some crazy chance won.

I didn't expect me to feel so amazed by the actual winner of the contest, though. The girl that won had been bullied in school for a long time and then when she was finally getting over it she found out her dad had inoperable stomach cancer. One step forward, two steps back. Her dad coached her through her troubles at school and they started listening to music together. They just so happened to run across Simple Plan and the girl heard Save You (the song about Pierre's brother having cancer) and she was so moved by it. Her and her dad talked about the guys all the time and what a wonderful group they were and just how powerful this song really was. Then the contest rolled around and the girl signed up for it and she actually won. Bad thing was that the phone call was supposed to be at 3 PM and she was going to be in school so she thought she missed her chance, but then she got a call later telling her that Simple Plan couldn't make the conference call but they were more than happy to invite her and her family to their show that Saturday to meet and talk. All of the guys (bar David) sat down and had a lovely chat about the song and the girl's family and then after the show the girl got to meet David and he explained his sister was really sick and he would be flying out that night to go see her, but that he was so excited to meet her. A week after this her dad passed away.

What I've said doesn't really seem to mean much, but the way she wrote her story on the MTV blog (which is also reposted on SP's MySpace) it was just beautiful. By the end of the story I was crying my eyes out. To make matters worse Every Saturday by Seventh Day Slumber had come on my MP3 player (I relate the song to my cousin who recently passed away from cancer) so I was just bawling. Then I felt bad for David and his sister so I cried a little bit more. It was a very emotional blog and usually I'm not that emotional, but it really did affect me.

I'm very glad the girl won and got to share her story and got to meet the guys rather than just have a chat on the phone. She was very lucky and she was so fortunate to be able to share the experience with her dad before he passed away.