Be Still My Heart...

The year is 1986 and I am 7 years old. I live in a deprived household that doesn't have MTV, but so far, I don't know any better. And then one spring day, we are at my parents friends home for a BBQ and on MTV is the most amazing music video I have ever seen. My heart skips a beat as the lead singer jumps and gyrates around the stage with his massive amounts of hair flaying this way and that. Something happened inside me that I didn't quite understand, but somehow I knew that that singer was the cause.

Fast forward 20 years or so and I am finally living my dream. That's right folks, last night I saw Jon and the boys live! I can't even begin to tell you what an amazing concert it was. Lets start with the fact that the concert sold out only 2 hours after tickets went on sale. 25,000 seats sold in 2 hours. I bet you didn't even know there were that many people in North Dakota. Looks like I'm not the only fan of the hair band. Anyway, as if it can't get any better than seeing Bon Jovi live, guess who opened?
Daughtry! What a great concert. Daughtry played for about 45 minutes and then it was 2.5 hours non-stop of Bon Jovi.
I can't decide what the best part was. The entire stadium singing along to Livin' On A Prayer, Chris and Jon doing a duet to Blaze of Glory, or was it that amazing smile with those irresistible dimples, or the baby blue eyes twinkling with just enough bad boy mischief, or maybe when he turned around and shook his tush for the audience. Hard to choose. All in all it was a great night and I have to thank my hubby for taking me to see my 1st crush.