I'm am super honored and privileged to announce that I was asked to be the Godmother for my cousin and his fiance's daughter!! YAY me! I never thought I'd get to be a Godmother! In my family Godparents are a big deal, mostly because they spoil the heck out of you, and it always works that the father chooses the Godfather and the mom chooses the Godmother. Typically it ends up being out of their respective families, and given the fact that my sister has already made it known she doesn't plan to have kids I figured I was pretty much out of the running! So imagine my surprise and utter delight when I had a call from the happy parents to be!? Honestly I started to cry like a baby!! It was truly the nicest thing anyone has ever asked me before (and I can say that because Mark says I technically asked him to marry me so he never asked me to be his wife)! So I was completely taken by surprise and was very happy to accept (who wouldn't?) and am looking forward with even more anticipation to meeting Audrina Jo!
According to the encyclopedia a Godmother is: one who stands surety for another in the rite of Christian baptism. In the modern baptism of an infant or child the godparent or godparents make profession of faith for the person being baptized (the godchild) and assume an obligation to serve as proxies for the parents if the parents either are unable or neglect to provide for the religious training of the child, in fulfillment of baptismal promises. In churches mandating a sponsor only one godparent is required; two (in most churches, of different sex) are permitted. Many Protestant denominations permit but do not require godparents to join the infant's natural parents as sponsors. In the Roman Catholic Church godparents must be of the Catholic faith.
Other than the Catholic part I so have that covered! But in my family being a Godparent means so much more than that and so I promise here and now to make a few more promises to my Goddaughter.....So...
Dear Audrina Jo,
I so can not wait to meet you! You are such a blessing already to your parents, to me, to this world and I know you will be just an amazing little girl. Even though I will be far away there are a few promises I would like to make to you, firstly I promise to always spell your name correctly, and I promise to someday tell you lots of stories about the woman who shared your middle name. I promise to remember every gift giving holiday with an abundance of love, I promise to be a sympathetic ear when you feel like your parents don't understand, I promise to make you laugh with stories of your father and while I don't have a lot of stories with your mom I promise to build up some good ones! I promise to have your best interests at heart and to answer any questions you may have about life truthfully. I promise to be there for you no matter how many miles separate us. But mostly I promise to love you to the best of my abilities for as long as I live!
Love,
Your very happy Godmother!
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