How do I even begin with this? How do I begin to thank a woman I have looked up to for so many years of my life? I guess it should all start at the beginning with a simple thank you for the ballad that was "Tim McGraw." The song really grabbed my attention way back in 2006. I was an active country music listener and when suddenly a new artist comes along naming a song after a singer I enjoyed I was intrigued. So, first off, thank you for that single. I'm glad I got to hear your stories right from the beginning.

Speaking of stories, thank you for sharing all your stories. As a quiet, anxious young girl, I lived for anyone's stories. Whether they came from a book or a song, stories made me feel less alone and your stories, in particular, were captivating. Your stories came with morals and secret messages that allowed everyone to experience them rather than just listening. You made me, and every other fan, feel so special like we were part of it all. Thank you. It made me part of something.

Thank you for showing me, and the world, you can really fall apart but come back even truer to yourself. I saw through you that you can be pulled into something you never initiated but grab a hold of it and not let it completely destroy you. You showed me I didn't have to sit in the corner and take anything anyone was dishing to me. I could be my own person and have my own voice, no matter the situation. It didn't make me a bad person, it made me brave, and I can't thank you enough for that life lesson.

Endless amount of thank you's for teaching me to dance in the rain and hold onto happiness any chance it comes around. The pure bliss I find in my heart whenever I listen to 1989 is indescribable and I thank you so much for that. It was a breath of fresh air after Red and I found that after any dark time there is that rainbow on the other side. Thank you for those feelings of carefree happiness.

A big thank you for teaching me and everyone else that someone's opinion of you doesn't define you. What they have turned you into in their minds does not mean that is who you are. Any rumors or lies being put out there to damage your reputation should never damage who you are at your core. Seeing someone I think so highly of just prove to me, again and again, you can overcome anything deserves all the thanks I have to give.

I don't think I can ever thank you enough and I probably missed a lot of what I wanted to say but let this simple thank you cover all the confidence and light you have restored into my simple heart.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.