Jadelm
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So I was starting to actually think maybe I did want a christening and when I went down to see my family this weekend I asked their opinion and WOW I didn't realise how big a tradition it was in my family!
Basically there is this family church which is VERY dear to me as my Dad is buried there and all my aunts have gotten married there and I just found out them and all their kids were christened there too!! Well I obviously have always ALWAYS wanted to get married there, not only for the family history but also cos I feel like my Dad would be there you know? BUT you can only get married there if you are christened (which I am not) and I simply WOULD NOT get married anywhere else!! So I was thinking ok I wanna be christened then seeing as I was raised a christian anyway and even though I'm not the most religious person I like a lot of what the bible teaches when you think about it in metaphors rather than like 'this ACTUALLY happened'. Also you can only be buried there if you've been christened too.. just an afterthough really seeing as I wanna be cremated but thought it was interesting. So basically I was like well what if Evie wants to be married in a church and what not, saves her doing it later in her life and if she ever wanted to convert to a different religion I would still be behind her but it's like giving her a starting point and somewhere to learn some good lessons from you know?
AND THEN my aunt was telling me about my cousin's school which is like the best in the area, but it's a church of england school and you HAVE to be christened to go there!
I never realised how much of an impact it would have being christened, just thought it was something people did for the party lol. And I wanted her to have proper official godparents too (people I'd already picked out but obvs it wouldn't have been official) and seeing as I wanna be baptised too how special would it be to be done with my baby girl?!
FOB was for a christening in the first place (although not for any real reason which is why I didn't really think about it) so he's up for it too.
Just thought I would share as I had NO IDEA that it could make a difference and thought it might help anyone who's undecided
Oh and the church does christenings for FREE. So aside from the party (which will only be in a hall or at a family members house) it won't cost a penny, whereas I thought they were mega expensive xxx
Basically there is this family church which is VERY dear to me as my Dad is buried there and all my aunts have gotten married there and I just found out them and all their kids were christened there too!! Well I obviously have always ALWAYS wanted to get married there, not only for the family history but also cos I feel like my Dad would be there you know? BUT you can only get married there if you are christened (which I am not) and I simply WOULD NOT get married anywhere else!! So I was thinking ok I wanna be christened then seeing as I was raised a christian anyway and even though I'm not the most religious person I like a lot of what the bible teaches when you think about it in metaphors rather than like 'this ACTUALLY happened'. Also you can only be buried there if you've been christened too.. just an afterthough really seeing as I wanna be cremated but thought it was interesting. So basically I was like well what if Evie wants to be married in a church and what not, saves her doing it later in her life and if she ever wanted to convert to a different religion I would still be behind her but it's like giving her a starting point and somewhere to learn some good lessons from you know?
AND THEN my aunt was telling me about my cousin's school which is like the best in the area, but it's a church of england school and you HAVE to be christened to go there!
I never realised how much of an impact it would have being christened, just thought it was something people did for the party lol. And I wanted her to have proper official godparents too (people I'd already picked out but obvs it wouldn't have been official) and seeing as I wanna be baptised too how special would it be to be done with my baby girl?!
FOB was for a christening in the first place (although not for any real reason which is why I didn't really think about it) so he's up for it too.
Just thought I would share as I had NO IDEA that it could make a difference and thought it might help anyone who's undecided
Oh and the church does christenings for FREE. So aside from the party (which will only be in a hall or at a family members house) it won't cost a penny, whereas I thought they were mega expensive xxx