Godparents

I was talking to Marie's brother, Charles this morning and asked him some questions about Marie's life that I wasn't familiar with.
He was telling me that Marie is his godmother. What? I am not Catholic or Lutheran so I know some about godparents, but not a lot. He also said that his brother George was his godfather. I told him I didn't know that brothers or sisters could be godparents. He just chuckled and said, "well they were running out of relatives for godparents, so they had to choose their own children.
I love his sense of humor.
He said that godparents are essentially guardians if the parents are deceased. That I knew, but I also find that godparents I know send their godchild gifts at Christmas and birthdays etc.
 It seems that Marie has forgotten these things, but I think it would be wonderful for any of you to tell us if she was a godparent to you or someone that you know.
If any of you have a godparent certificate I would love to put it on this blog.
Marie tried to answer questions today, but just shook her head over the godparent question.
She shrugged her shoulders of course, but was not upset about it.

Marie Celebrates 102 Birthdays

Marie celebrated her 102nd birthday with her two sons and their wives at Fran's house. Her favorite meal was BBQ ribs, potato salad and of course, lots of extras.
 These are some of our favorite pictures of the day.
Just like most women, Marie loves presents.
Just like most of us girls,  she loves girlie stuff. She is showing off all of the things she loves:lotions, body wash, a new purse, Plus she found some money in the purse.

She loves having her family around her. Most folks do.
These pictures are a treasure as are the memories of the day.
She is always happy to have these pictures on the computer. Marie would have been something else on the computer a few years ago. She loves the internet and knowing that her family can see the pictures.
Of course, funny things need to be documented. This years only her son, Roger and his wife visited from Texas to celebrate with her. Virgie put the candles on backwards so that it looked like 201. Oh we laughed, even Marie noticed it and chuckled.