As a follow-up to my last post, I did end up going to Demi on Friday night – and I couldn’t be more glad that I did. I was hoping for a little bit of inspiration, and I knew my girl would come through. The show was BEYOND incredible. Her voice never fails and her performances kick ass, but it’s when she speaks that you just legitimately can’t help but fall even more in love. Prior to performing “Warrior“, she took a minute to give us that little bit of hope that Demi can always be counted on to do. After the day had started, what she said couldn’t have come at a better time.
The video I took during the Chicago show is too large for me to upload, but my friend sent me this one from the next day’s Minneapolis show – Demi Love Part 2
The other part of the show that hit me hard was when she followed that up by performing “Father“. Being that it’s the first tour she’s ever put it on her setlist, it was visibly hard to perform, and she cut the song short. Understandably, I’ve never been able to listen to the full song because I’d often start tearing up before it was over. I (shockingly) didn’t cry during the performance, but I was also more moved having heard it at a time where, like I mentioned before, something finally clicked for my dad. He’s always been aware of my depression, but the topic was avoided more so than the plague – therefore leading to a whole bunch of daddy issues. It wasn’t until I talked with my parents days before the show that he said “he didn’t realize it was so bad”. Without getting too much into details, my parents offered to pay for a different type of treatment for me. The next day I made a comment to him about the money and if he was glad about not having to spend as much as we’d originally thought. And he said, “No – I’m glad that he thinks he can finally help you”. It may not sound like anything special, but coming from my dad, it was more than enough to make me emotional.