Mama Mary in Manhattan

Many of you may be aware that my mother-in-law was here to visit us the week before Christmas. Oh, what a blast we had, frolicking and scampering about the city! We went to the Statue, Ellis Island, Wall Street, the Brooklyn Bridge, 5th Avenue, the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall and Rockefeller Center, Times Square, several Cathedrals, Trinity Church, St. Paul's Cathedral, City Hall, Waldorf-Astoria, Tenement Museum, the MET, Central Park, the United Nations and out to dinner! Peter and I were so blessed to have her here. Peter didn't like the Rockettes but Mary and I loved it! Maybe the cost-value ratio didn't equate ($69 a piece). Anyway, one particular adventure involved Mary and I stumbling into St. Patrick's on Christmas Eve, 45 minutes before the Children's Mass - an annual tradition involving a procession of kids taking baby Jesus to Bethlehem. It was pretty cool, even though we were stuck in the very back and couldn't see much. We enjoyed the familiar Christmas hymns and scriptures. It was an international experience in typical NY style, as Christians from all over the world were in attendance. Thanks for coming Mama Mary! XOXO