My sweet friend Sarah Grasset invited me to witness her baby's blessing at a Sikh temple. A Sikh blessing usually happens 40 days after birth but Elizabeth was a bit older. It was very casual and relaxed, considering it's held around dawn and we arrived the last hour of the service. The men and women must cover their heads, remove their shoes, and enter the temple from separate entrances and sit on opposite sides of the temple. This temple was basically a large room with a video projector with words to a hymn projected on a large screen while several men play instruments. Elizabeth's name was announced to the congregation (it was hard to tell when this happened) by the priest and a passage was read out loud.
Then, to celebrate, a sweet dish made from flour, butter and sugar and semolina, which felt very greasy, was passed around and everyone was to take a pinch.
Then, a meal was served in a separate room.
It was lovely, just lovely to be included in such a special event. A blessing for Elizabeth, but really, I was the one who felt so blessed to be there.
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