Magical

So, last night was the Jim Brickman concert and ever since, I've been having trouble thinking of what to say about it. In my simplest words, it was wonderful. But it was so much more than that. I've seen him once before in concert. He was doing his "An Evening With Jim Brickman" tour. It was my first Christmas being married and we went as our Christmas present to each other. That too was a magical night, very romantic and beautiful. It's just that when you are newly weds, everything can easily be romantic, and you aren't sure if it's due to being in love or if the concert was really that great. Well, I'm happy to say I'm still not sure if it's due to being in love or the concert (I still love you Randal), but it was a great evening non the less.

The guests with him were Tracy Silverman and Anne Cochran. Anne was with Jim years ago in Spokane. On the Visions of Love CD, she sang "After All These Years." If you have heard other versions, they aren't as good. She is amazing, completely gorgeous in a "real person" way and I am surprised that she isn't more famous. (Of course, I'm still surprised I'm not more famous too, but fame is fickle! Ha ha!) I actually think of that song as mine and Randal's, though when we first heard it, we hadn't even been together that long. Again, the words to convey how special that song is and how well Anne sings it are not there. But just know that it was touching. You know, the kind of song when you get the goose bumps listening to it (please tell me this happens to other people.)

Tracy Silverman was somewhat new to me. And let me tell you, an electric violin is an amazing instrument. You can get the mournful and sweet sounds of a regular violin and then you can rock out like Jimmy Hendrix too. I bet that surprised some of the older audience. As Peter says, it probably "distracted them out of their pants." It was especially interesting, to me anyway, because they were able to use the electric violin almost as a percussion instrument. I know I am describing it poorly. Maybe I should just say, "You had to be there."

Thank you, mom, for such a wonderful Christmas present. I always get them early, don't I? Ha Ha. Really, mom, you went over board. We had second row seats and could see everything so well, especially Jim Brickman's dancing left leg (again, you had to be there.) And Anne's amazing ruched all over, silver dress that she was able to still look slim in. My mom gives the best gifts, just look at my very first entry on my blog. I love you mom. Thanks for giving us something so special to remember and something we probably would not have been able to get ourselves.