Chosen Ones

If we had the most disagreements about the guest list, finalizing the entourage was very easy for the both of us.  Maybe it’s because from day one of planning we already knew who we want to be the “chosen ones”.

We originally wanted to have just five pairs of godparents but my mom (again) could not help but to give a few little “additions” to what was already agreed upon.  With due fairness, I agree with her many reasons why she wants those people to be our ninongs and ninangs.  Most of them actually are our godparents during our “binyag”, people close to our hearts who have witnessed our love story or people who have seen us grow individually because they are our mentors from school or work.  Hence from five, we will be having twelve pairs instead.

Aside from godparents, we also picked the secondary sponsors from among our friends.  We were just a little sad because the others whom we wanted either can’t make it because they’re abroad or might not make it because they have plans to go abroad.  When it came to the little ones, we were very careful and particular in choosing because we wanted a kid who is “bibo” and can walk down the aisle without a parent’s assistance (The tendency if we get toddlers for the role is that they might be afraid to walk and end up crying so their parents do the walking instead)  

I believe we picked the right people to be the witnesses of our church rites.  After all, they will not only just have their names appear once in a piece of paper but also I know that they will be with us throughout our lives as husband and wife.