Dear Taylor... Just before Christmas I was alerted through Facebook of a story by one of my 8,500+ YouTube subscribers. The story in question was one that moved me greatly, as it was very close to home. The friend in question told me a story about a girl who's in his class in School in America. This beautiful girl - Kayla Kincannon - had suffered with a brain tumour. Luckily, Doctors had managed to get rid of the tumour; however just before Christmas, the day before Kayla's 17th birthday, her and her family received the most awful news that Kayla's tumour had returned, this time the size of an orange. Her wonderful friends then took on an incredible challenge that I'm oozing with pride to say I was a part of. Here's the story... Kayla's friend contacted me and a load of other people for help. He directed me to a Facebook page that had been set up in regards to Kayla's condition and her story. We all have dreams, and we all have people in the public eye whom we respect and follow in an almost religious fashion. For Kayla, this person is Taylor Swift. On the Facebook page, it spoke of she was her Hero, and how much she loved her. The mission that her fantastic friends took on was simple yet in the grand scheme of things, seamed almost impossible: get Kayla to meet her idol, Taylor Swift. After I heard of the campaign through Facebook, I was only too happy to help. Twitter is where everyone went to to try and get Taylor to notice what we were doing, A trend - #OperationGetKaylaToMeetTaylorSwift - was created, and we all tweeted like mad! Having over 5,300 twitter followers myself, I felt input from me would move things along, especially if my followers would be so kind as to retweet my tweets and get the trend trending. Thanks to everyone's work, the hashtag was top trending and even made local news in Kayla's area. Watching as this small piece of history unfolded - even though it wasn't about me, or anyone that had made it possible - I felt incredibly proud to be a part of it. Despite the fact that I live on the other side of the world, despite the fact that I've never met them before, I'm not ashamed to admit, it moved me to tears. That was the 23rd of December; this is nearly a month on. It's taken time, work, prayers and patients, but I have just received the most phenomenal news from Kayla. As I write this blog, she is in a car, on a 4 hour journey to see the very person that her friends and associates around the world worked social networking magic to make possible: Taylor Swift. It really is one of them moment in #life when you have to pinch yourself. However many people were involved - who tweeted, hashtaged, retweeted, emailed and phoned the appropriate people - they're all responsible for this small miracle. I'd just like to take this moment to say a big thank you to all those who did make it possible. I hope you feel immensely proud as you have made a very special, very ill girls' dream come true. I feel proud; I was a part of this. People power is what made this possible, and it's something Kayla is going to remember for the rest of her #life. Thank you everyone, and thank you Lord.

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