Amy Grant Concert

By Stephanie Denham, editorial assistant

Ok, I dug down deep and attended the Amy Grant concert on Sunday. As I wrote last week in my blog, the last concert that my daughter, Lorien and I went to was to see Amy Grant. Lorien was killed 17 years ago by a drunk driver here in Meridian. I went to the concert Sunday at the Riley Center. I cried from the moment she walked on stage. But it was a good cry that I needed to have again. The Lord sends people into your paths for different reasons. I met three of the nicest ladies from the Gulf Coast who came in and sat down behind me. We hit it off from the moment we sat down! We ended up eating dinner together at Deli on 5th after the concert and had a delightful time. We found that the four of us had so much in common, there was no way that I feel like it was an "accident" that we met! It was as we all decided, "divine providence." Amy Grant was fantastic! She had a terrible head cold and I truly do not know how she was able to sing and put on such a great show. I enjoyed it so much, she was so warm, gracious and made it seem like you were sitting in her living room and just listening to her. She took requests from the audience and just played her songs. So something that I knew was going to be painful and bittersweet turned into new memories and sweetness from now on. I just wondered later on that night, as I was thinking about it, I wondered if Lorien and God had as much fun planning the details of my concert experience and the meeting of my new friends, as I did in receiving them. I almost heard Lorien giggle and could see her sweet smile when I closed my eyes to go to sleep. As one of my new friends said, in a "gratitude attitude."