Little brother was the centre of attention this weekend. We all gathered in the middle of the north island, to celebrate his Baptism. We had a great turn out with 4 grandparents, 10 aunties and uncles and 21 cousins!!
He was a little star - only bolting out the church at a run twice! He didn't cry when Father poured water over his head, and looked appropriately solemn in the solemn bits.
Seeing him being picked up, tickled, fed and put down by a series of cousins (some only barely bigger than him), aunts, uncles, grandparents, was wonderful. He ran amongst the big kids playing soccer, and climbed up onto the knees of the various adults sitting around drinking bubbles and mulled wine.
All this ceremonising and celebrating was totally over his head, but I think he got the message - you are one of us, you belong. We believe in you. You belong to something that is bigger than the sum of all the parts.
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