Monday 24 May 2010

One more step into the world I go

The weekend was gloriously hot and fortunately Mr FF had (eventually) rigged up the irrigation system. Even though it did make us late getting down to Yorkshire, our dinner had been put in the oven to keep warm, it was worthwhile as my plants survived the heatwave really well.
The christening was wonderful, a really uplifting service in our village Church where Amelia Jasmine's Mum and Dad were married three years ago. Her parents and godparents made their promises and all marked Amelia's forehead with the sign of the cross before she was christenedwith water from the beautiful 12th century font where at least five generations of our family have been baptised into the Church. We sang the same hymn we'd sung at Kerry and Shaun's wedding and at the end of the service Amelia was delighted to be carried laughing and kicking round the congregation by our lovely lady vicar so that everyone could greet her.All the guests, about 75, had a lavish lunch prepared by family at the local town cricket club. After a short nap Amelia kicked off her pretty white shoes, changed into something cooler and more comfortable and spent the afternoon being passed round the doting guests while grandads and great uncles enjoyed a gentle game of football and children romped happily on the grass under brilliant sunshine. In the pavilion someone pointed out to me amongst the old photographs of past teams one taken in 1947 of my Dad, a young man playing cricket for the town just a year before I was born. How appropriate that a new generation steps out in life under a photograph of her great grandfather, makes this great aunt very proud and maybe now that I've said goodbye to my family for a while and returned to Scotland just a little bit sad to be missing so much of Amelia's adventure, but I've left her in very safe and caring hands.

11 comments:

  1. What a lovely day you had, making lovely memories to pass down the line of geerations.
    Love
    Lyn
    xxx

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  2. Sounds like you had a lovely time Jenny. family times are so precious. Ros

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  3. That hymn has always been one of my favourites - reminds me of singing my heart out at primary school :)

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  4. What a lovely lovely day Jenny - You are lucky to be a treasured part of a beautiful family. You have a very precious thing. xxxx

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  5. Hi hun,
    your day sounded fabulous!....happy memories are precious...
    Hugs
    Karen x x x

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  6. Thankyou for sharing memories of a happy family occasion.

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  7. It sounds as if a wonderful time was had by all, especially Amelia!!
    I love those really old churches, where I came from there was one of those and it always had a certain smell to it that I loved. My mother used to take me to the midnight service on Christmas Eve and it was always pure magic as a little child to see the twinkling lights.

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  8. A lovely weekend! It's good when families get together to celebrate a special event like this.

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  9. She looks a real poppet! And that sounds a great service, which actually meant a lot to everyone. So many "Christenings" are just for the show, and the parents and Godparents haven no intention of setting foot in the church again!

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  10. Sounds like a memorable family celebration. How great to see a photograph of your dad. (Knowing me, I would have cried!)

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  11. I meant GENERATIONS!
    my fingers don't work as fast as I think when typing!
    Love
    Lyn
    xxx

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