we choose lake george because it's a very special, spiritual place. we choose bruce tamyln to do the blessing because he is silver bay's chaplain & was a great mentor to me while i worked there. we choose to do it outside to symbolize that, for us, god isn't inside four walls... he's outside. in all living things. & bryan & i feel most at home in nature. & we hope that for our kids as well.
bruce confirmed our choice, well mine at least, during the service prior to the blessing. his message was: "i don't believe the question is going to be 'have you done enough good? when you get to heaven i think it's going to be -did you know how much i loved you?"
i want my kids to be raised spiritual. to make decisions based on what's right & feels right & not out of fear. not that we're faulty human beings & need to beg forgiveness. if they learn to believe in their guts then i truly think they'll be decent human beings with a great care for others & mother nature.
i have yet to find a religion that i can strongly stand up for, committed to it's entire message. i'm not willing to choose a religion, but like a groodie dinner pick out the parts i don't like. which is why finn hadn't already been baptized. i may be living in a dream world desiring such a thing, a religion that fits me perfectly like a glove. but i deserve that, don't i? don't we all? to believe in something so wholey! yep, we do. & so far, being outside, having time to think & be thankful is where it's at.
SO, here is our sweet blessing.
in attendance: steph & jeff, doug, molly & charlie, carolyn close (my boss & good friend from sba), maryann (an especially wonderful, woman who i worked closely with my last summer at sba, she surprised us & came!), our good friends tyler & cathi & their kids (who used to live in phx but now live in burlington vt. they drove down for the day!) i wish i'd gotten a picture of the whole group, because not everyone was able to make it back to the house for lunch :(
tyler & isabelle figuring out the labyrinth.
cathi meeting maya for the first time!
charlie was a dear & held onto finn's shoes for him :)
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bruce brought his guitar & played a few kid songs to get everyone settled & engaged :)
he explained that he wasn't blessing the kids, but we were celebrating the fact that god had already blessed them. i love that!
i told you we were in lake george :)
finn's turn!
maya's turn!
we were also celebrating the fact that these two had eachother... :0
it was perfect! thank you bruce & everyone that was able to make it for sharing in this special occasion with us.
2 comments:
This is awesome. What a special day. I LOVE this idea.
That sounds really lovely, Megan.
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