dear god mother.
i'm not gonna lie. i really was not sure what my momma was talking about when she started in with this whole, you were going to be my god mother, on and on ,(and on) business. actually, after she mentioned something about pouring cold water on my head, i sorta stopped listening and began to fuss. i hate cold. but, later in the night as i laid there just rocking back and forth in my swing all her words started to come back to me. i remembered my momma said that babies get baptized so that they are cleansed of original sin and will be welcomed into heaven. i have no idea what that means. so luckily for me that was only the first part of her long spiel. she continued to go on and on, about you...
she said that she chose you to be my god mother because she knew you would be perfect for the job. she said that its a very important and special job that only one person can have, sort of like i only have one momma. and that makes sense. i love a lot of other people, but i know my momma and believe you-me, there is no one else like her. so i'm excited. another one-and-only just to love me like no one else will. she had to say no more 'bout that, i'm sold.
she continued. she said that she has known you for most of her life. since the fifth grade. and that in all of that time you have never wavered or strayed from being you. she said she finds that admirable and comforting. she said that you are brave and constant and trust worthy and forgiving beyond comprehension. she said she wishes she was more like you in these ways. she said you are more beautiful that you will ever know. oh and then she said the reason you are so beautiful is because your beauty starts deep in your core. she tells me that too at night when we are rocking. it always makes me feel special and i've never heard her say it about anyone else.i mean i'm only a baby, but even i know that's a big deal.
she said that you are the most loyal friend she has ever known and that you will never let me down. she said that if i am ever afraid or unsure or just need some good hearted, kind, sound advice that i could go to you for my entire life and find it. she said you'd be there to hold my hand if she ever wasn't. and when she said that her voice got a little shaky and he eyes sorta wet, its the way she gets when she really means something, so i know its true.
she said you are a blessing to her and that we are so lucky to have you. but that part she didn't need to say. from the way she looked at me and the way she held me just a little tighter as she told me all of this...
i already knew.
thank you for loving me god mother.
i will love you too.
forever and ever.
amen.
noa magnolia.
