Writing Challenge - Great Minds

There are two people in this world who I admire very much. One is my mother and the other is Taylor Swift. One brought me up and of course has known me all my life, the other I have never met but has impacted my life an awful lot since 2006.

My mum inspires me in so many different ways. When I was not quite a year old my father and her divorced and mum raised me for some time on her own. But the strength in my mum I admire didn't start there, it started at my birth. I needed an emergency C-Section as I was unresponsive. Luckily I survived but later that night disaster struck again. I had a stroke that affected my life forever, well for the rest of my life at least.
I came out of it with hearing problems, visual problems, smelling problems and walking problems. All through it my mum fought for me. She fought the education system who said I was too disabled to do some things but not disabled enough for funding's. Mum also had my Step Dad who found my hearing problems; my visual problems weren't found until I was 17. An optometrist found it although I had been seeing one for glasses since I was 12. Mum has fought for me all my life, especially when I was depressed. She hasn't always been supportive with my career choices though. I wanted to be a Journalist but they said it would get me nowhere in life and encouraged me to be a teacher instead.

 Since 2006 a constant lyric genius and role model has been in my life, I am talking about Taylor Swift of course. In 2006 when I was first introduced to Taylor and fell in love with her song writing I didn't call myself a Swiftie as such yet. I loved four main girls in that era including Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus. I love Selena and Demi more than Miley but Taylor is my main celebrity I look up to. Taylor started writing songs when she was young and in high school and leant to play guitar. Taylor is the main reason I started to learn to play guitar and started using story telling in my song writing.
Taylor's song Tied Together With A Smile spoke to me personally as it described exactly how I was feeling. Fifteen came out as a single when I was around fifteen. Never Grow Up made me appreciate where I grew up and my family more. The Best Day made me think of my mum and how much she has done for me as I have grown up. Innocent helped me understand that no matter how many mistakes you make in life it's never too late to be brand new. Clean helped me become clean from cutting, it also helped me get over some of my relationships. Shake It Off taught me not to be afraid to dance even if people are watching. Delicate helped me be brave enough to make the first move. There are so many other songs including Taylor's love and break up songs that have helped me cry myself to sleep at night, not be afraid to fall in love again, speak up when things feel wrong in a relationship and to let the pain be poured onto a piece of paper and of course my guitar.

Taylor inspires me by the amount of hate and pain she's been through and she's  still nice, giving and so kind to her fans and mostly everyone around her. Taylor is one of the most charitable celebrities out there and does amazing things for her fans. Taylor sends gifts, bakes for them, invites them to her house, shows u to their house and does free meet and greets every night while on tour when she's exhausted.
Taylor doesn't deserve all the hate she gets, the media and haters just love to destroy her for no reason. When the Kimye incident happened I was devastated. The only Swifties in my life who were by my side fighting back and defending her the ones on Twitter, Instagram and some on Tumblr. Everyone here at home in my family and their friends laughed at me and told me she's not a role model anymore cause she's a liar.
They weren't there from the start, they weren't there at the concerts she was bringing joy to. They didn't hear the speeches at the tours, they didn't know about her charity spends, they didn't know what she did for fans. All they believed was she's a liar.

I was more upset that Taylor thought that all of us Swifties would leave her. Some did, thankfully they were some of the ones who only became a 'Swiftie' to get noticed (and got noticed) left.
I was afraid that Taylor had been alone in the dark and was never coming back and was so grateful when she did come back.
I admire Taylor more for the comeback and how she fuelled all the hate she got into a album. I admire her more so for standing up to a sexual assault and took them to court and won. Taylor is such a strong human being and deserves all the love and success she is getting.
I promise I'll stand by you forever.