I don't remember the first time I heard my son play "Don't Stop Believin'" from Journey, but every time I hear the song, I think of him. Broden plays this song every day. He plays the song every day at his ABA clinic, he plays it on the way home in the car, and I've heard him play this song before he goes to bed. I remember being in church and while the pastor was saying a prayer, Broden yelled out, "Don't stop believing!" The pastor responded, "That's right. Don't ever stop believing in the Lord."

Jaime, who works closely with Broden at the clinic said, "When I was on vacation, I turned this song off when it came on the radio. I hear it every single day at the clinic." I've been told that Broden's peers are now requesting the song because Broden has made the song a "listening favorite."

Broden has played "Don't Stop Believin'" so much, that I was told we needed to expand his repertoire for music. The plan was to build a play list for him, so he would listen to different songs, not just "Don't Stop Believin.'" One day I played "Separate Ways," another Journey favorite, while we were in the car to see if he would like to hear other songs by the band. About 30 seconds into the song, he had closed his eyes and was jumping in his seat to the song. Before the song ended, he had opened his eyes and looked on the front screen of the dashboard so he could figure out how to spell the title. He typed it in his phone so he could play it again and again.

Over the years, his love for music has grown. I realized that he loved music similar to what I loved, because it was what I had chosen to play in the car, as we drove around town together. One morning about a year ago, the song “Africa” by Toto started to play. I looked through my review mirror to check on Broden in the back and he looked like electricity had shot through every part of his body. At a stop light, I turned around and said, “Broden, this song is called “Africa” and Toto is the band.” When we got to the clinic, I wrote the song down and told the staff that he might want to hear it again that day.

A few months ago, I found out that Journey was coming to town. Jaime and Anslie, who work at Broden's ABA clinic texted me, "Please tell us that you are buying tickets to the Journey concert.

We want to go with you!" I didn't think twice. I bought tickets for Mark, Broden and myself to go. Jaime and Anslie bought tickets near us. For Christmas, I told Broden that in February, he was going to a Journey concert. He looked at me as if he didn't understand, "We are taking you to a place where Journey will be playing your favorite music in person. You will see them play your favorite songs and Toto will be there to play "Africa!" I still don't think he understood.

HOLD ON TO THAT FEELING: "I'll never forget the moment Broden realized they were playing his song. He leaned in close to my face and I could tell he was using his eyes to show me his excitement. He started to jump up and down swaying his body back and forth."

The night of the concert, Mark and I were a wreck. As we were leaving the car and walking to the auditorium, I thought, "We are bringing Broden to a large auditorium filled with thousands of people where there will be bright lights, screaming fans and loud music." I rolled my eyes and asked myself, "What possibly could go wrong?"

Once we walked into the auditorium, Mark put Broden’s ear protective wear over his ears. Mark grabbed the tickets so we could find our seats. The place was crawling with people. I held onto the bottom of Broden’s shirt so he wouldn’t get lost in the crowd. As we walked into the arena, I stood back to let Broden go in to see. Mark held his hand as he slowed down to look at the massive space filled with people. Jaime and Anslie eventually found us and were able to sit with us, since the seats next to us were vacant.

We sat down and started to get comfortable. Broden turned to me, "Go to car?" I turned to him and said, "No, we're not going to the car. Toto and Journey are going to be on that stage over there. They are going to play your favorite music!" He still didn't understand what was about to happen. The lights eventually dimmed and the crowd started to scream. Toto came out onto the stage.