A Family and a Baptism

Today was a very special day.  Sweet Sylvia was baptized and I could not be more delighted.  Standing in church and listening to the prayers of a community that I, and generations of Neltners before me, have been listening to for hundreds of years seemed to make the circle complete.  It was passed on to Rachael when she was baptized, and now Sylvia, clutching her dou-dou with the handerkerchief tied around it's neck (the one used as a bonnet when Rach was baptized, and then tied to her bouquet when she was married) was a symbol of the family bond and love that brings us all together.  Surrounded by her family, from both here and France, we watched as she was blessed into the faith that generations of Neltners and  Fasciottos before her embraced.  It is truly the "faith of our fathers", and now Sweet Sylvia has joined the congregation.  I was bursting with pride.  She was not the only one blessed today; God blessed us all who were present in our common bond of love for the Nugget.  God is great.