Hey guys!  It’s time for the Friday Five and this week Sara has asked us to profile an artist and pick 5 of his or her songs we like.  I debated on who to chose but she said we’d be doing this again so decided to go with Josh Groban.  I love Josh Groban partly because he has the voice of an angel but also for giving me one of the best concert experiences of my life.

I’ve seen Josh 3 times but the 2nd time was in 2007 before I started this blog.  I had gotten tickets way up in the bleachers and the only reason I was able to get those was because I had joined Josh’s fan club.  At this time in my life I was pretty depressed and miserable with my job and life, and just needed a pick-me-up you might say.  So I went to the concert with my roommate Camille and sitting way up high I was excited but it was a little hard to hear.

His opening act was awful but then they announced they were filming the dvd for his Awake album that night!  I was very excited and went and got a soda.  I’m not sure if it was my wearing the fan club t-shirt but a lady came up to me and asked if I wanted to change seats.  They needed to fill up the lower bowl seats for the DVD.  I said yes and grabbed Camille and we ended up on one of the top rows!  It was so amazing to go from zero to hero in a few minutes.  I was able to go right up to the stage and he kind of gave me a high five.  It was so thrilling and I think even more so because it was unexpected.  Felt like winning the lottery for one night!

Afterwards I was happy for like 2 weeks which was a long stretch for that time in my life.  I think it was one of those tender mercies sometimes God throws us along the way.  Not a big deal but just something to help us keep the faith.

So that’s why Josh Groban will always be meaningful to me.  Plus, his voice is perfection to boot!

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