Single Geeky Female... wrote a letter

I have been thinking a lot about what being a Supernatural fan means to me lately, especially since the start of the new season and with the writing I have been doing about my Dallas Convention experience. 

Earlier this year when the author John Passarella was having a competition for people to have their name in the Supernatural companion novel "Rite of Passage" he asked for people to submit to him an essay of sorts. The theme was "How Supernatural has changed your life" and I immediately sat down & wrote this. I haven't - until now - showed it to anyone, other than Mr Passarella of course, but was very gratified when I was one of the people whom he chose to feature in the novel. I think now is probably a pretty good time to share what I wrote, it ties in nicely with the Dallas post, that will be put up tomorrow, and of course to share my love with some of the amazing people in my life! 

This is the letter in its entirety.  

Hello John

My name is Rebecca Walsh & I am a passionate Supernatural fan. One who watches every episode over & over, becomes obsessed with what every small nuance could mean & cries when the characters are in pain. More importantly though I love it because it has changed my life. I was one of the shy people who took forever to make friends & never went out of their comfort zones. I would travel but not as much as I dreamed & never without my family. I had big dreams but never anticipated any of them coming true. On impulse - complete & utter, there are no other words to describe it - I took my entire paycheck one day 3 years ago & brought a ticket to my very first Supernatural convention. It was to be held in Los Angeles, California USA 6 months hence & I was in New Zealand, never having travelled further from my home country that the 3 hour flight to Sydney to stay with relatives. I had no idea how I would get there or even how to organize such a trip but I knew that the ticket was non-refundable - as well as being the reason I was now basically penniless for a fortnight - so I was determined to make the most of it.

On that trip I met the person who is now my best friend. She lives in the US & since meeting her as well as a whole host of other like minded 'fangirls' my whole world has opened up. I travel regularly to the US & have seen things that I had never thought I would, snow for one - in fact I have lived in the US for several months & am in the process of trying to get a Canadian working VISA so that I can stay on the continent longer - & earn money doing it. I have a years long email conversation with a friend from Canada who I chat to sometimes daily about plot points from the show - as well as plotting & planning dream trips to other conventions held around the US, Dallas this year, with hopefully a trip to New Orleans in the works. In fact I talk to all of these new friends a daily or weekly basis - they are my some of my greatest supporters & I now couldn't imagine life without them. If it hadn't been for that one moment of impulsive madness, brought about for my total love for this amazing show, I know that I would probably still just be the girl who lives at home & dreams of going places & doing things that I probably never would have the guts to do.

I LOVE THIS SHOW - my love of it has changed my life, so much for the better.

Thanks for reading