Friday, December 10, 2010

BRAVA!

Last night I took my mom to the much anticipated concert of Andrea Bocelli. It was an early Christmas present to her from me. The concert was held at the Toyota Center in downtown Houston. It was a magical night and one I will hold dear to my heart for the rest of my life! I'm not just talking about the concert itself, although it was outstanding! (I'll get to that later) No, what I'm referring to being so amazing is that for a few hours at least, my mom forgot all of her troubles, and her pain, and she relaxed. We laughed, and enjoyed ourselves. We took our time, there was no need to rush. We had fun! We even had post-concert libations at a nearby lounge! lol

The concert itself was so good I can't even put it into words. Really. Bocelli (or "Celli" as some of the thousands of fans yelled out to him)was accompanied by the Houston Symphony. WOW. If anyone has ever seen him perform before, then you have to know what I mean when I say, that he took you from joy to pain to tears all in a fraction of minutes. During the concert I would look over at my mom and she was far away, entranced with the music and his voice and the atmosphere. That look on her face, made my heart smile.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are a really awesome daughter for doing that for your mother. It's amazing what music can do to just relieve a person from the world.

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Yvonne said...

Adorkable - Thanks! Yes, music can take you many places! Words can do that too!

Cinderita said...

That's RIGHT! That was tonight! So awesome! So glad it was a great night! For both of you!

Shady Del Knight said...

I am reminded of the lyrics to one of my favorite songs by Ronnie Dove.

<< Let your heart keep taking pictures that we'll share as years go by >>

Concert tickets: $___.
Memories: priceless.

Belle said...

I'm glad you and your mom had such a great time.

Average Girl said...

Oh Yvonne... how really very lovely of you to do that for her... you are so sweet! I totally get it, because I would move mountains for my mom!

cheers darlin

Yvonne said...

Shady - nice!

Belle - Thanks Belle!

AG - Cheers! :)

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The Frisky Virgin said...

His voice brings me to tears. What a wonderful event to share with your mom. :)

Yvonne said...

FV -Me too! When he sang The Prayer, I broke down! So beautiful!

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