Baptism
I embroider the name
Lily Sarah onto the family christening gown, bake and decorate a big cake
and choose a song by Graham Kendrick to have at the baptism service.
One verse says,
“For each child is
special, accepted and loved, a love gift from Jesus, to His Father
above”
We arrive at the church
in good time. Lily does not
bring up any milk on the christening gown and the other children don’t
fidget. The simple ceremony
is very moving. We have been
through so much in the past three years, since we decided to adopt a baby
with Down syndrome, so much heartache and soul searching, disappointments
and frustrations. And it has
brought us here with this tiny innocent baby joining our family.
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Our beloved daughter
Lily has already taught us so much, how much more will we have to learn in
the years ahead?
Paul walks to the front
of the church and reads the lesson,
“Consider the lilies
of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you,
even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”
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