Nicole’s Life

When we arrived at Hershey Stadium the gray skies had saddened our faces.  Heather and I were taking her children, my niece and nephew, to see Toby Keith.

It started to rain halfway to the stadium and we all started chanting, “Rain, Rain go away come again another day!”  Unfortunately no one was listening.  Half our summer has been spent with no rain, and the one night we had two little faces that we could not disappoint we have a down pour.

We sat in the car watching the rain dance on the windshield.  The kids asked, “When can we go into the concert?”  Heather and I answered, “the rain should stop in a few minutes”, we questioned if that would be the truth.

And so the night of us being wrong began…

We walked into the concert a few minutes later and much to our dismay we were not permitted to take our umbrella through the gates, this being the only thing protecting us from the lovely rain.  We bought ponchos as soon as we walked through the gate, but no where did we see cowboy hats.  A country concert and no Cowboy hats, that is like a church without a Cross!!!  We figured the ponchos would keep us semi-dry.  Wrong Again…

Joe Nichols brightened our spirits and made us forget we were drenched.  The rain even subsided for a few minutes, and again we thought “Maybe it is over”.  And again we were wrong!

Toby Keith made his grand entrance; the kids jumped up on their chairs and started dancing.  Heather and I already standing began to dance!  As the lyrics went on we cared less and less about the rain.  Our hair and make-up ceased to be important, when you saw the joy in the kids faces. “The night was great even if it was raining” confirmed the kids.

This comment has been on my mind in the days since the concert.  I enjoyed the concert because the music was great.   However the best part of my night was when my niece and nephew taught me how to Dance in the Rain!!!