Natalie and I were extremely lucky to enjoy the Mary Poppins musical here in LA. Billy got special tickets for his girls and we can't thank him enough for it. What a wonderful experience that was! It's not often that you can see a play where everything comes together in such a touching way: the music, the acting and the visual part of the show was mesmerizing. But the best part of all was: the subtle message behind the story and how it was delivered to the audience through the unique language of art.
Mary Poppins is a Nanny that everyone has heard about. In the musical she comes from a fantasy world to save a family by making the distant and busy father realize that the most important thing in his life is not his job at the bank making money but being connected to his loved ones at home.This sounds pretty simple but it is so deep at the same time.
We're going through hard times with the way the economy is right now. It is a fact that in one way or another the crisis is hurting us all. As responsible adults we need to find new ways to bring income home, to pay the bills and to keep our families going. All of these responsibilities bring stress and concerns into our lives and sometimes these elements can create crisis, subtle crisis that don't even look like crisis but they manifest in a lack of attention/connection to our loved ones and that also includes our friends.
By the end of the musical I realized that Mary Poppins was not exactly a Nanny but a symbol of that little inner voice that talks to us in times of crisis. Mary Poppins came to say: hey parents and adults in general! take it easy, everything will be OK no matter what, you just don't lose your sense of humor, pay attention to the important people in your life and good things will happen.
The musical ends up with millions of tiny stars (lights) coming gradually from the stage into the audience, like a huge wave, it was moving when the stars reached you and then unexpectedly, Mary Poppins goes up in the air, umbrella in hand, and "flies" above the audience. In that part everyone was crying, what a touching moment. I cried because I felt so lucky to have such a wonderful family and such wonderful friends.
For the new year I am going to keep Mary Poppin's advice in mind. I know that 2010 is still not going to be an easy year in terms of the economy but we're all going to be OK no matter what. We just have to make the necessary moves, be smart about the way we spend, keep doing what we do the best we can and most of all keep an eye on our loved ones. Let them know how important they are to us and I'm sure that, as Mary Poppins says: good things will happen.
Love!
Elsita :)
(In the pictures you see Natalie with the outfit that she wore to the musical. I got the little Mary Poppins umbrella and purse for her at the theater. Several people thought that she was part of the show :)
