On November 11
th of this year, at the beautiful
Golden Lamb Buttery in Brooklyn, Connecticut, (
http://www.thegoldenlamb.com/)
10 month old Wyatt Bombara celebrated his
official Baby Blessing surrounded by family and friends. It was an absolutely
gorgeous day and we were lucky enough to be able to do Wyatt’s blessing out on
the deck overlooking the pastures. We could not have asked for better weather.
This was a particularly meaningful ceremony for me because
on November 14th, 2010 I officiated Wyatt’s parent’s wedding
ceremony at the Hartford Society Room. I got to tell the wonderful story of how
they met and fell in love and their proposal story which involved a lot of
texting! Kate and Chris Bombara are the most wonderful, genuine, and warm
couple and when they contacted me to do Wyatt’s baby blessing I was thrilled!
This was the first baby blessing I have done for a couple whom I married. It
was so fun to see their family members and friends after almost 2 years. Chris’s
son Christian, now 13 years old, was Chris’s best man in 2010 and since then he
has grown SO much! I am a big fan of Christian’s. He is a wonderful big brother
to Wyatt and is quite a good athlete and student. I’m sure in a few years he’ll
be as tall (if not taller) than Chris. Plus he is a very good public speaker and
helped in the ceremony by reading a
lovely piece about children by Dorothy Nolte.Thank you Christian!
Wyatt, our guest of honor, is a smart and seriously handsome
boy. I could definitely see both of his parents in him. He is very aware of
everything going on around him and was wide awake and interested at what was
being said and done at his baby blessing. Chris held him for most of the
ceremony and just at the end when I was about to present Wyatt to his community
and give the final blessing, Chris held on to Wyatt’s hands as Wyatt practiced
standing, which gave me a perfect opportunity to kneel down right in front of
him and offer Wyatt’s blessing face to face! He seemed a little surprised at
that and I saw a big smile cross his face, and then even more smiles when everyone
cheered and clapped.
Chris and Kate Bombara honored me the first time by
entrusting their wedding ceremony to me. To be asked two years later to offer
the blessing for Wyatt was another huge
honor and one I will always cherish.
Happy belated second year anniversary Kate and Chris! You
and Christian and Wyatt will always be part of my heart.
