Our debate tonight was whether Evangeline should receive ashes on her forehead or not. Not really knowing what to do we walked forward. Kaia was carrying Evangeline in a sling as she approached Pr. John. Kaia received the ashes and then Pr. John just placed his hand on Evie Lu's head through the sling and said the words, "From dust you have come and to dust you shall return."
Mortality has not been something we have thought a great deal about since we have been home with a happy and healthy baby, but tonight was a good reminder of who we are and who claims us. Evangeline is a child of God and a saint just the same as her great grandfather Ralph on my side and great grandmother Mary on Kaia's side who are no longer here on earth.
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Well, that doesn't help my feeling guilty any.
I remember back at Community, one of the hardest things to do was to put ashes on infants' foreheads on Ash Wednesday. It didn't feel fair. But regardless, I suppose it's true. And it makes me all the more grateful to have a healthy, happy niece.
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