On the heels of the other two Godparent posts... I had written a poem for my friend, Frank, once, when I thought I was pregnant and needed to think of Godparents for my future child. I wanted to extend the message from my child, so I wrote it from his / her point of view. Since I doubt I'll ever get the chance to send it off to him, I'll leave it here for anyone who wishes to use it in their personal requests to future godparents. Blessings to you all. Will you be my godfather, although I'm still brand new, and daily pray we see the Face of God when life is through? Will you be my godfather and wrap me in your prayers and ask the Lord to keep me in His gentle, loving care? Will you be my godfather and take my little hand to help me walk with Jesus and to follow His commands? Will you be my godfather, a Catholic rock to stand in staunch defense of Catholic faith forever in this land? Will you be my godfather and cultivate my soul that I may love my God and Church, respectful to the Stole? If you'll be my godfather, how grateful I will be to know that I've been blessed with you - an angel I can see! Together we will pray and love, examples to the world of being truly Catholic with our Christian love unfurled! ~Gina Guarnere~ ***Update 5-29-12*** So I've gotten a couple e-mails asking and / or accusing me of lifting this from another site. I can assure you that I haven't. The above was written not long after Vince was born (just after Valentine's Day 2010). I was on a baby-thread with several ladies and brainstorming ideas. I posted this poem and later found out it was lifted and "edited" (poorly, might I add) by someone else. The above poem is the original. It's actually missing a couplet (because I ended up not liking it), but this is fully my creation. I came across it on my computer as I was cleaning out old files.
Also, I can see that at least 20-30 people are coming across this page via Google each day. Please give me the respect of crediting me. I don't care if you use this in your personal lives, but PLEASE give me the courtesy of putting my name as author of the poem. Thank you.
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Lauren
5/22/2012 07:48:38 am
Woman, stop making me all weepy!
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Gina
5/22/2012 07:57:18 am
Godmother works, too. I probably would've done something similar for Mary had I thought of it at the time. But I honestly wasn't in "super Catholic" mode at that point. Heh.
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Michelle K.
5/22/2012 04:01:35 pm
You should maybe send this to your friend anyway. He would probably like to know that you wanted him to be godfather even though your situation has changed. Or maybe keep it to yourself in the hopes that situations change again! It is a beautiful poem. I really like it.
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Gina
5/23/2012 03:05:18 am
Aw, thanks, Michelle. That's really sweet of you. Frank did actually do a drive-by-reading of this yesterday. Ha ha!
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Genevieve Gordon
5/29/2012 02:04:45 am
I was looking for godparent poems to present to my brother and sister-in-law on Google. This is exactly what I was looking for.
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Gina
5/30/2012 05:33:39 am
That's so kind of you, Genevieve! "Godparents" definitely works. :) Enjoy and congratulations on your happy news!
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Lori Ann
5/29/2012 01:12:30 pm
http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/33091496.aspx
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Gina
5/30/2012 05:37:25 am
Hi Lori Ann - thanks for stopping by. :)
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