Elizabeth with her Grandmother
and Godmother
Today we attended in Middleton, WI the baptism of a member of our extended family Elizabeth, our daughter-in-law’s sister’s daughter, our grandchildren’s cousin or perhaps our Granddaughter-in-law. Whatever you call our relationship with her, she is the newest member of our family and formally was made a member of the church today. Elizabeth has four brothers and sisters, her mother’s sisters have six children, three of which are my grandchildren. So when we all get together there are four grandparents, the three sisters and their husbands (6) and 11 children, ages 1–18.
Elizabeth’s godmother today was my wife Pat and her older brother, Tristan, who is three, is my godson. Tristan and his brother Charlemagne who is four and another cousin Maggie Joe, who is six or seven, call me grandpa like my three grandchildren do. All these children, especially the young ones, help me understand what Jesus meant when he said: “You must be like one of these children to enter the Kingdom of God.
At the workshop yesterday on the neuroscience of the brain I heard how the brain develops in the newborn consciously and unconsciously from ages pre-birth to 24 years. To be a part of the growth of child into young adult is a gift and blessings. I thank my grandchildren, my grandchildren-in-law and all the children, teens and young adults in my life for teaching me how to live the Way of Jesus. Children are great teachers.
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