So today I went to Tanya Burr's book signing for her new book she has recently brought out called Love, Tanya! It was in Leeds which is only about 20 minutes away from me, so I definitely didn't want to miss this chance of meeting her. I was so nervous because I suffer with anxiety, knowing I had to queue for ages and if I started panicking I couldn't leave before I'd loose by place, but thankfully I managed to keep myself calm and keep my spot! I arrived at 11:30 and it started at 1pm, I eventually got my books signed at 1:45 which isn't quite bad!
When I finally got to the front and saw her the first thing she said to me was "Hi nice to meet you, how are you?!" she was honestly so nice and she asked every single person how they were! My mum went before me and told her she's an inspiration to me and other young girls who suffer from anxiety and that the pages in her book about anxiety and confidence really helped me. So she also asked if I've read those pages and I told her yes, she said they hope they have helped me. Which was so sweet of her! She also said she liked my flower headband which was pretty cute :) I only got about 10 seconds or even less to speak to her, I wish I could of had longer, nobody was even allowed to take selfies or even try! But because my mum went before me she got to the side and took a few while I was with Tanya, I'll include those photos before! Then before I left I just said to her Thank you and good luck with the wedding with Jim and she said "Aww thank you so much!" and smiled loads!
So I honestly think Tanya is a really lovely, genuine young woman! I'm really proud of how far she's come with herself over the years, it was definitely worth the wait to meet her!
Tanya is honestly a very inspiring person to me, I'm so thankful I got to meet her in person and not just through a screen.
Thank you for reading!
Sophie xx
