good girls (who made "tragic mistakes"
do. I went to the church to have my child baptized.
In the discussion with the Deacon (why are deacons ALWAYS pompous asses?), he looked at me and said,"What you have done, in God's eyes, is commit a sin worse then murder..." This was in the pre-Baptism parent group. The takeaway here is that apparently it would be better to have an abortion and confess it afterward, apparently. The priest overheard this discussion (I did ask the deacon about that), came out and said it would be "okay" to baptize the child because children shouldn't "pay" for the "sins of the parent." (I still get misty-eyed--from contained laughter--over that)
For some dumb reason (19 years of life probably), I went ahead with the baptism. When it came time to bring the god parents in, I brought in my brothers to be her god fathers, which completely sent the deacon into hysterics, asking me,"Is there no woman worthy enough to be your child's god mother.
What 45-year-old me wishes I had said:"No, I hang out with sinners. Only my brothers have been touched by His presence."
What 19-year-old me said: "No. Since she has no father, this is best."
She ended up being baptized by an angry deacon, in the arms of a god father who wore neon orange sneakers and a Pearl Jam jacket with his tie.
6 years later, I married. 2 years after that, we had a child. He remains a heathen to this day.
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