Dad took me to Celine Dion's preview performance in Vegas tonight. What a great surprise!! I became a fan of hers with the release of her first single in the U.S. in the early 90's. I also came to appreciate a good portion of her French music as well. I saw her in concert four times in the first 10 years after she kicked off her career in the U.S. Her vocal talent, range, and control have always amazed me. I've also always been impressed with how her singing made me feel things. She was always so expressive in her performing. She always knew when to bring the power and when to pull back. I haven't seen her in at least 10 years. She amazed me once again. That doesn't suprise me at all, what surprised me was how unprepared I was for the onslaught of emotions the concert made me feel. I found myself fighting back tears for the first four songs of the show.
Mom was my concert partner in my 20's. We saw all four Celine shows together. We were both big fans and we both had all of her CD's and always listened to them and sang them in either of our cars when we went out together. The songs Celine sang to kick off the show tonight were all from the early part of her career and it stunned me how it brought me right back to that time. Of course the only thing missing was Mom, though it was awesome enjoying it with Dad.
I started thinking a bout how certain pieces of our lives are partitioned for lack of a better word. At some point in our lives, we make decisions in our lives to close one chapter and open the next and we don't even realize at that moment that we are making a change that will define a new period of our lives. It's only when we look back at the years that have passed by, we see them in these specific segments. That is what happened to me tonight. I saw my 20's pass before my eyes and I felt happiness, nostalgia and sadness all at once.
