I am a fan (and you should be too), because...
First and Foremost Chris is amazing ALL AROUND...

I fell in love with him from the very first audition on American Idol. Hearing his story made my cry like a baby. I was in somewhat of the same situation myself when I was younger-except it was a step-mother-so I could totally identify with it. Any person who can take on one child, let alone two as his own has to be an amazing person!!

I could go on and on for hours about why he is so amazing, but I have one short story to tell about how the music of the band has affected my life.

As I said before my step-mother and I are very close. She is very much as close to me as anyone's birth mother. Right after Christmas we had a falling out. To be honest I really didn't think I would ever talk to her again as it involved my son. We didn't talk for close to two months
One night, while my husband was at work and my baby was in bed I was listening to Daughtry. I had out it on random and the song Home came on. I listened for a few minutes and then I started crying like a baby. I realized that she stepped into my dad's life and loved me unconditionally as her own even when she didn't have to. No matter what happens with life, if my husband were to walk out the door tomorow or all my friends were to leave me I would still have her and my father.
She put up with me through my teenage years and all the rough stuff and here I was contemplating never talking to her again over one argument.
The lyric "To the place where I belong, where your love has always been enough for me" was what got me the most.
I picked up the phone and for the first 10 minutes she could hardly understand what I was saying.
Maybe this song was meant to be a love song, but for me it was a song that brought someone very close to me back into my life. I think it would have had more devestating effects on my life than I realize. And I owe it all to Chris and the band.

I saw them in concert last weekend and when I got to hug Chris and got his autograph I turned around and started crying. Someone started laughing at me, but that's because they don't know how much meaning this band had in my life.

Noone's music has ever had any kind of effect on me before and I will always appreciate them for that!!!!!! Thank you Daughtry