Baptismal Plans

In my last blog I said that we had some baptismal decisions to make - and one of them has been made. We weren't sure if we wanted to have William baptized at our church here in Colorado or at St Cuthbert in Houston. We liked the idea of having him baptized here because he was born here and this is where God blessed us with him, and he will be going to that church for the next year and a few months. On the other hand, it has been hard for us to truly feel connected to our church because we know how temporary of a church home it is. We liked the idea of baptizing him in Houston because it is close enough for family and close friends to be there, and St Cuthbert will always seem like home to both of us. We were both raised in that church and even though people have come and gone, and we don't know as many members as we once did, there is still that comfortable feeling when we walk in and see the familiar faces and feel so welcome and so at home. Granted St Cuthbert has moved to a new building, which neither of us have seen yet - the building doesn't make the church and I think we will still have the same feeling when we walk in the doors.

So - we talked with Father Desmond and he agreed to baptize him Memorial Day weekend when we're in Houston for Patty's wedding. It was already going to be a crammed weekend, so I know it'll be busy, but it will be worth it. He moved the May baptisms to that weekend to accommodate William, which was very nice of him. He definitely didn't have to!

The last decision we have to make is godparents. If you remember my post months ago about the meaning of a godparent, you probably know how stuck we still are. I know whatever we decision make will be fine, and he will have so many people surrounding him that love him and will help guide him...but its still not easy! So, we'll keep thinking on that and hopefully have our minds made up soon.

For now my computer is running on reserve power so I better get it plugged in and get back to my obligations other than blogging!