Life Lessons from a Billy Joel Concert
The Piano Man taught me a lot recently.
I came home last week to a surprise from my husband. We were planning on going to dinner to commemorate the day we became a couple, twenty-six years earlier. Instead, he’d canceled our dinner reservation.
With a mischievous spark in his eyes, he smiled at me.
“We’re doing something different. Do you want to know?”
(I’m terrible with surprises, so yes I wanted to know.)
We played a guessing game, which ended with him spilling his adorable guts that we were going to see Billy Joel at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.
From the time I was a kid in single digits, I have loved Billy Joel. The harmonies. The saxophones. The storytelling. So stinkin’ good!
I happily got ready and we grabbed a quick bite before heading to the park for the show. The evening yielded some great lessons and insights for me also. It was a perfect night out.
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