gatorcast from paul smith » Miami http://www.paulsmith.org my weblog & podcast from gainesville florida usa Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:32:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Madeline is Baptized http://www.paulsmith.org/index.php/2010/01/madeline-is-baptized/ http://www.paulsmith.org/index.php/2010/01/madeline-is-baptized/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:14:52 +0000 paul smith http://www.paulsmith.org/?p=1509 Today was a wonderful day.  I was blessed to be the God Father for my new niece Madeline Hoel.   It was a beautiful ceremony at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Miami.   The priest spoke about the heart, love and the importance of family.  He said that the heart was only 1 inch from the umbilical cord and that the heart was at the center and that everything revolves around it.   He asked us to consider the idea that the heart, with Love,  gives balance to life .

Today I felt so much love from my family and wondered how people survived without it.   I hope one day to share with my Goddaughter how wonderful it was to be there with her and all of our family.

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The family baptism dress.  This was the 24th baby in the family baptized starting with my mom.

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