Guest post written by Gloria Elledge

One of the last things that a lot of people my age would want to do is chaperone a bunch of teenagers to a concert. But that’s just what I did last night for my church’s youth group, which includes my 14-year-old granddaughter.

I’ve helped out with the youth group for as long as I can remember, but here lately it has been in the capacity of teaching Sunday school and hosting cookouts at my house instead of going on trips with them. But when my granddaughter told me they needed another chaperone in order to go on a trip to Christian music festival, I agreed. They all wanted to go to it so much and I could afford to skip my book club meeting that day.

The music was a little louder than I expected, especially because I just went in for a free hearing test and got hearing aids last week. But I did have a good time and from what I can tell all the kids did too. I don’t think I’ll be going out to buy any of the bands’ CDs anytime soon, but they definitely put on a good show.