BORN ONALY A FEW YEARS AFTER MY MOTHER(1921) & FATHER (1919), AUDREY HEPBURN  WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF BROADWAY THAT MOM & GRANDMA(MADEAR STAHL) DERIVED GREAT PLEASURE FROM. " DRAGGED" TO NUMEROUS " HUGE BROADWAY MUSICALS" AS A "KID", SOME OF ITS MAGIC & SUBSTANCE RUBBED OFF & STILL REMAINS W/ME. STRUGGLING TO " WRITE SONGS & LENGTHY POEMS OF MEANING & WORTH, I WILL ALWAYS " HOLD A CANDLE" UP TO THOSE ENDEARING BROADWAY ACTORS & MUSICIANS, DANCERS & PLAYWRIGHTS, I WAS "FORCED TO WITNESS" 1ST HAND, EVEN IF "HIGH UP IN THE AUDIENCE. THEIR "MAGICAL PERFORMANCES INUNDATED NY SENSES & TOUCHED MY SOUL, JUST AS "MOM & MADEAR" WERE, & WILL REMAIN AS MY COMPANIONS ALL MY YEARS, GIVING ME SUSTENANCE FOR MY SOUL THROUGH THOSE MOST DIFFICULT & PAINFUL FAMILY & FRIEND LOSSES( YES, CRITTERS TOO). "MOON RIVER, IMM GOING YOUR WAY"