That's wonderful Ethan. It's like fate worked itself out. You had seats that might not have looked that good on paper, but turned out to be great in reality. I'd say
destiny rules.
Then the issue of the letter that you'd put so much time into seems to have ended beautifully too. Some people have all the luck

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I think it's great that you went with your whole family. I just told my mother that I still have the 4 ticket stubs where our family went to Toronto to see Cher at the O'Keefe Center 30 years ago. 1978. I can't believe it. They went to see her for me. No one else cared about going. In fact, my mom said that Sonny and Cher sounded like "a bunch of sore tailed cats." But it turned out to be an adventure that we all shared that I never forgot. In retrospect, the memory of us being together outshines my recollection of the concert.
Of course, you know, your sister has permanent bragging rights now. It was
her idea to stand up. Michele