The Silver Lining

You know the saying, "Every cloud has a silver lining"? Well I think I found a brief silver lining in my mess of a life. I was in the hospital one morning a few weeks ago, I know, I know, you're all probably saying, "I think I've heard this one." But seriously, this is a new hospital visit. I was throwing up blood in the middle of the night one night and by the time I went to the hospital around six in the morning, I was totally dehydrated. The nurses couldn't even get a vein for the IV. After jabbing me several times, they gave up and have me drink lots of water and ginger ale and eat saltines until they were sure I could keep it all down. As soon as I got home, I laid on the couch planning to zone out while my mother was over helping with Dare Devil. Then the phone rang.

At first I wasn't going to answer it because I didn't recognize the number but something told me to pick up the phone. I was really glad that I did. I had entered an online contest with a local radio station the week before to attend a private performance from the band Flyleaf. If you don't know who they are, look them up. The lead singer, Lacey Mosley has such an incredible voice. They're sort of a heavy alternative band. They are by far my favorite band and I had been a bit bummed that I wasn't going to be able to get tickets to their concert. So when I had heard about this contest, I decided it was worth a shot to enter. Low and behold, I won! I jumped off the couch asking the girl on the other end if she was serious. She was. I was told that Saturday of the upcoming weekend, I was to come to the studio with a guest and my camera to hear Flyleaf perform and I'd get to meet them afterwards. I was so ecstatic, I couldn't help but jump around the room like an idiot singing, "I'm going to see Flyleaf, I'm going to see Flyleaf."
Next, I called my big brother, Nick to see if he wanted to be my one guest and go with me. Of course he was down for it. Who wouldn't be? Finally, something good. Maybe things were beginning to look up.

That Saturday I was a nervous wreck. Had it been any other band, I wouldn't have been as excited but this was really exciting for me. I was mad that my digital camera is broken so I made my brother swear he'd bring a working one plus some batteries in case. The drive there was close to an hour and I was really nervous we'd be late but we made it in time. After laughing about the fact that we were obviously the oldest ones there and I was, of course, the only pregnant one there we went inside and signed in. All in all, there were only about twenty people there, including us. We waited inside the studio's kitchen until the room was ready. Nick and I were the first ones in and we grabbed the closest most comfortable seats available. We could hear the interview going on next door with Lacey and Pat from Flyleaf. It was just going to be an acoustic performance with just the two of them. I actually started having a panic attack while waiting for them to come out, how cheesy is that?

Finally Lacey and Pat came out and got onto the small stage. They hopped right into their performance and I was totally blown away. I took as many pictures as the camera would allow, because I am that crazy fan. And afterwards, Nick and I were the first to meet them and have them sign pictures for us. I asked them to make mine out to my son, Big Brother, since I hadn't brought him with me. Lacey told me she really liked my shirt, which I have repeated to everyone I've come in contact with since, and we had our picture taken with them. The experience was over in a flash but it was still awesome. I was really glad to have that afternoon of something amazing to break up the every day non-stop craziness.