You know the feeling when you’re sitting somewhere and you feel that everything is right with the world? Well, that’s what happened to me on Saturday.
William came home Friday night so we could get to Madison, Wisconsin for a Baptism that he was going to be a Godfather for. Can you believe William is that old already? (OK, William getting older wasn’t the good feeling part) But as I was sitting in the pew in the church looking around at the family of the little boy that was getting baptized, I thought how totally cool it was to be able to be there and share this day with them. Daryl and I met this family on the day that Kyle was born, 27 years ago. I was in the hospital laying in bed and I could see that there were two people behind the curtain wanting to come in the room to see him. One was the Mom, and the other was her daughter. And to be honest, I really didn’t know that many people in the area at that time, and it didn’t register who these two smiley girls were. But they came into the room and were ‘Officially’ our first new family guest. This family, along with their kids, would soon be the boy’s extended family. They would help babysit them throughout the years and would become our lifelong friends. So like I said, I was sitting in church just looking around and I thought how funny things turn out isn’t it? I mean, two strangers to me while I was in the hospital, and now our families feel like we are just one.
So now William is a Godfather. The baby wore a 5th generation baptismal gown from the 1800’s that was covered in hair pin lace. I never knew that hair pin lace really meant that they used a hair pin to create the lace. It was absolutely stunning! During the service I was trying to watch William and not be too noticeable while doing it. William looked so grownup and handsome in his suit standing by the baptismal font. He is more than excited to be this little guy’s Godfather, and you could see how proud he was standing up by the family in front of church. I’m thinking that I probably had some proud smiles on my face also.
So as the family all gathered back at the house after the baptism, the house was full of talk and laughter. I thought to myself that there is a whole part of the baptism that is definitely a spiritual blessing, but there is also part of a baptism that is a family blessing. How lucky this new little family is to have both.
The family along with the Godparents