Celebrating my birthday with Billy Joel and Elton John

Yep, and they even sang Happy Birthday to me!

Well, I was in the audience and they sang a Happy Birthday song and it was 2 days after my birthday and the tickets were a birthday present.

I am sure that the fact that Elton John was born in March had nothing to do with it...

For my birthday, my kids got together and bought me tickets to see Billy Joel and Elton John in concert. I was blown over! Both by the gift and by the concert. When I pulled the tickets out of the gift bag, I was speechless. My husband was just as excited--until I told him I wasn't sure who was getting the second ticket. That cooled him down and bit and made him be nice for a couple of days.

Seriously, he knew he was going and he is always nice (which is quite annoying sometimes when people--aka: my kids--want to know why he is nicer than me... but that is different story.) What a great show. I drug myself out of my sick bed--sorry all of you who were sitting around me. I did try to not cough too much and to breathe shallow so as not to spread too many germs.

The way Billy and Elton played together was nothing short of miraculous to my non-musical brain. They would be playing a song and they alternated on the keyboards without ever skipping a beat, or a bar, or whatever it is . We in the audience only knew if we were watching very closely. And, they did all my favorite songs--how did they know?

Even better was that I was able to share it with my daughter and son-in-law. Scott had given Erika tickets for her birthday a couple of weeks ago so we went down together. Unfortunately our tickets were not together, but we have had a great time comparing notes ever since.

Another thing that I enjoyed was that so many young people were there--20's and 30's kind of people. Most of these kids weren't even born when some of those songs were popular, but they were singing away with songs like Crocodile Rock and My Life. Obviously they had great parents who taught them about good rock and roll.

Anyway, we had a great time and I just want to say how great my kids are! This was an "over the top" kind of gift that leaves me stunned and speechless. I remember when their gifts were cold toast in bed, homemade cards and clay pots, a cheap dime store necklace, and such. They were all wonderful and filled my heart because they gave the gifts out of love--I could see the eagerness in their faces when I opened each one--so sure I would love it. And I did love all of those gifts.

This was the same way. The kids that were here were anticipating my reaction and my son who lives in Panama, called and asked if I had gotten my gift yet. They were as excited to give me this gift as I was to receive it. I saw that old anticipatory look in their faces that they had when they were little. For that, the gift was so much more precious. They are all adults and did not give something out of obligation. The fact that it was something they knew I would enjoy and that they were so enthused about presenting to me meant more than the actual gift.

Thanks, Erika, Scott, Michael, Susan, Aaron, and Jaime. I am the luckiest mom in the world and I love you all.