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Naming ceremonyA naming ceremony welcomes your new baby to your family, friends and community. The birth of a child is a proud moment for the mother and father and the extended family, the larger community of friends and neighbours all share the joy at the news. The ceremony is an introduction to the new baby as well as showing the love, care and responsibility that parents, family and friends have for the new arrival. Name your child with meaningThe choice of the given name is important and the naming ceremony serves to identify this new baby as someone who exists as a unique individual - with a name that has meaning. Often, the meaning of the name is explained as part of the ceremony.Celebrate an older childA naming ceremony is also ideally suited to celebrate an older child in the family, particularly if there has not been a celebration previously. It is a wonderful way to welcome and celebrate an adoptive child into the family or to embrace stepchildren into a new family.The child or children can be any age. A naming ceremony is a unique occasion for everyone to feel involved as they pledge their love and support for your child's future development. I would be delighted to discuss your new baby's naming ceremony with you, so please contact me. Testimonial Dear Morgan, we would like to thank you again for the wonderful and special ceremony that you created for Juliet's Naming Day. We appreciated how calm and patient you were during a number of hiccups that came about prior to the ceremony. Morgan, we also appreciated how professional, competent, accommodating and warm you were throughout the whole procedure. We felt very comfortable with you and that made the ceremony that much better. Thank you again - you were wonderful! Hannah, Alex and Juliet |
Adapted from an ancient Chinese blessing for children A child’s life is like a piece of paper on which every passer-by leaves a mark. What kind of mark will we each leave on this little one’s life? We are the people who will love her the people who will watch her grow We will contribute to her development to the person she will eventually become. We will leave our mark on her with our love, with our examples and with our attitudes Both negative and positive to send her into a future that, though we will never see, will carry our mark. |