I'm a REAL Fairy Godmother!

Our dear friends Maggie and Kirk gifted us with a huge honor this week. They asked Aaron and I to be godparents for their son Jackson! We were thrilled and amazed and so grateful to be asked, and of course we accepted! Yippee!

And, lest you think that my overuse of exclamation points means that I don't take this honor seriously, I'll have you know that I absolutely cherish the role of godparents. I looked it up online, and especially liked this definition:

"The (particularly) modern definition of godparent is an individual chosen by the parents to take a vested interest in raising a more complete human being."
- Wikipedia's entry on godparents

That really speaks to me.

I have a wonderful, close relationship with my godmother, my Aunt CC. She's been a trusted confidant and friend to me, as well as a surrogate parent at times. I'm so thankful for her role in my life.

I'm actually the Nouna (Greek for godmother) of Aunt CC's son, my cousin Jonathan. I am honored to fill that role for him, and I hope I've done a good job. I became his godmother when I was about 16, and it is a very meaningful relationship to me.

And now all of my magical fairy godmother powers are going to be unleashed on sweet little Jackson! Boy, he doesn't know what's coming. :)