A Memory Made

On Friday, May 22, we were able to go see Mary Poppins on

Broadway. At Christmas time, we had so much fun giving

everyone "clues" about what the big gift was.
Jon and I wrapped up all sorts of nutty stuff, laughed as

everyone opened it, and watched as my Mom thought

that we had finally lost our minds.

The last gift was a box filled with construction paper

"tickets" and a note that shared with my

Mom that we wanted to create a memory with

everyone by taking them to see

Mary Poppins.

At the time, my Mom had been recently diagnosed

with cancer. The future was uncertain, and her

prognosis was poor. Dreaming about our

trip to Broadway gave her, and us,

something to look forward to.

She used to say to us, "Well, if I can't go

at least I had fun thinking about it."

I'm SO thankful that we were able to go.
We took a limousine down to the city.

My mom is still weak, and walking, standing, or

riding is difficult for her.

The limo picked us up at my parents house,

and then dropped us off in front

of the theater. We had

so much fun on the ride. Our driver

was really nice, and really great at driving through the

traffic.

The show was in the New Amsterdam Theater. It

was a beautiful building.

There were all sorts of carvings on the walls

and ceiling.

The show was FANTASTIC. Enough like the movie to be

recognized as Mary Poppins, but

different enough to be new.

There were new songs and dances.

The actor's did a terrific job. Even the two kids that played

Jane and Michael were phenomenal.

The props were amazing. The house moved back, the roof came off,

Mary Poppins flew out over the audience.

The chimney sweeps danced on roof tops.

The final scene was about being able to

do anything.

We all loved the show!

Because we had the limo, and we didn't have to drive, we

decided to eat at Katz Deli after the play.

The Deli is famous, although I'd never heard of it before, but

I was told (by my Mom and my brother) that it was a

famous deli that had been around for over 100

years. The food was FABULOUS!

I think I would rent a limo just to go back to Katz, because

I would never drive there on my own.

It was a fantastic night. More fun than we

had hoped for back at Christmas when we

first had the idea of Broadway.

It was so fun to make more

memories together, because in the end,

that's all you have. I know that the memory

we made with each other that night is something that we'll

always hold on to.