A Night to Remember

The other night, a very generous friend (whom shall remain anonymous because I know she reads this blog) called me and asked if I wanted to go on a date with my hubbie. I didn't have to think twice about that one, and said that I would love to. She then asked me if I liked Celine Dion. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her voice, although I am not too fond of her personal choices (read more about that here). She then told me she had tickets for us to go see Celine in concert for that night and she had babysitters all lined up. AMAZING!!



We drove to the concert, got stuck in traffic and then parked like a mile away from where we were supposed to be. But when we arrived at the show, it was well worth it. Celine came up on stage, and was soooo emotional to receive all the applause. She sang "I Drove All Night" which got everyone pumped up, and then gave this nice speech about how lucky she was to be doing something she loved (singing), traveling the world (for this tour) and having her mother and son with her everywhere she went. It was actually very heartfelt and touching.

Her voice is so beautiful, she sounds just like she does on her CD's. I heard my three favorite Celine songs; "Because You Loved Me" and "The Power of Love" and "It's All Coming Back to Me Now". "Because You Loved Me" was the song I chose to be played at our wedding while we had the Parent Dance (Phil and I danced with my parents, then switched halfway and danced with his parents) so it has special meaning. The lyrics are printed below, they're oh so wonderful :-)

Because You Loved Me

For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all


You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me


You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you


You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me


You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you


You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me


I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

At one point, Celine had some dancers come on stage, four couples who were doing a Spanish style dance, and one of the couples was either made up of two men or a bald-and-muscular-woman and a man. Hmmmm, we're still undecided about that one. Anyhoo, at about that point we decided to leave a bit early to beat the traffic, but actually got stuck right in the middle of it because the Red Sox game was just ending. Murphy's Law!! All in all, it was a brilliant night and we thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to go to something we never would have been able to afford on our own.