Perfect for 9/11!!!!
by KidNurse on 9/13/10Best Buy Theater - New York CityRating: 5 out of 5A concert of hope, love and rising from the ashes!!! As they tell their story of their famaily tragedy, it paralleled 9/11, and was perfect for NYC on 9/11 - full of both rememberence and hope. I didn't really know his music before (went because of a friend), but thoroughly enjoyed it, bought several albums, and love it now. It was a full family event... the boys opened with their band playing (and were good! Bought a CD!), as well as his wife, Mary Beth, telling a bit about her story. Very powerful. Her book is available, telling about their walk through life and learning to SEE. Opened it on the bus ride home after the concert, and was instantly in trouble...... couldn't put it down. Read ALL night. Cried all night. This is a 10-15 kleenex book that is full of hope and joy (I know that doesn't seem possible, but it is...) It is amazing, and should be read by EVERYONE, but needs A Kleenex Warning stamp on the front!!! :-) The concert is also a fundraiser for their charity Show Hope, including Maria's Big House of Hope in China, which helps abandoned children get healthy enough to be adoptable, and helps give families grants so that they can adopt.... an excellent cause! Give if you can. It helps one child at a time have a truly better life. Entered saddened, looking at the beams of ight downtown symbolizing the WTC towers. Left uplifted and joyful. Thank you to the Chapmans - you were exactly what NYC needed!!!
