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cathrl69 March 16, 2011 at 5:59 am

A savings bond. Or possibly something made of gold, which will probably increase in value. All traditional christening gifts do is gather dust.

lwidteach March 16, 2011 at 5:58 pm

metaphhor — his hands = two measures of tenderness, metal shard =little assasin, ore going deep for my heart…the pain from the splinter is the first indication to the boy that pain exists in the world. It’s a small indication of everything a person has to go through before he or she dies. Of course the boy doesn’t understand this when he’s seven;he feels it when he grows up and he has lived through pain and seen his father diePersonification — Death visited here Metaphor — metal that will bury me perhaps a reference to a metal coffin .

slowskie March 17, 2011 at 5:55 am

I would think so, yeah.

keiko March 17, 2011 at 5:21 pm

I never would have thought of this as a gift for an infant but it definitely is something she (not for a boy) could use in the future. Having it engraved is a very nice thing to do. It is small and can be put away if necessary until she starts collecting jewelry. It looks nice enough. If it looks cheap, either take it back or put something inside like some money or a rattle or something. Don’t think it isn’t nice enough if you are only saying that because it wasn’t expensive. Nobody else will have anything like this as a gift, so I think it’ll get positive attention. Anyone who says anything negative is a crass, rude person and you couldn’t care less what they say. So there!

umnbiodt March 18, 2011 at 6:00 am

The author had a metal splinter sticking out of his palm. This poem is how the author describes his experience of having it removed. Here’s what he’s saying in plain English, paragraph by paragraph, assuming he had asked his father to remove the splinter from his [the author's] hand:”In order to do this [pull splinter from my palm], my father recited a story in a low voice and I watched his face instead of looking at the blade he pulled the splinter out with. He removed it before the story ended. I was so scared of the splinter I thought I’d die from it.”I can’t remember the tale [the story her father recited to her], but I still hear his voice that sounds like dark water, a prayer. And I remember how he laid his hands on my face to help me through this process of removing the splinter, to keep me from going insane during the removal.”If you [anyone else, including the reader of the poem] had entered the room that day, you would have thought a father was putting something INNTO the boy’s palm [the author is male], like a tiny flame [perhaps on a tiny matchstick?] If you’d followed me through the years, you’d see how now I bend over my wife’s hand to remove the splinter from it.”Look at how I handle her thumbnail so that she doesn’t feel any pain, watch as I lift the splinter out. I was only 7 when my father did this for me and yet I have NEVER held such a thing in my hands before thinking that this piece of metal is what is going to make me die by going straight for my heart, and I did not back then raise my hand after the removal to say that death had visited me [very frightened, scared to death]. I did what a child does: kissed my father [for removing the splinter and that I hadn't died of it sitting in the palm of my hand (it went through the skin and was sticking out the palm)].”Basically, he’s describing how relieved he is that he didn’t die from having a piece of metal stick out of his hand and how painless his father made this process for him by making him strong (hands on face) and fearless and reciting him a story to distract him from what the father was doing. Then he says “Hey, I was only 7 and have never held a metal splinter before and now I have to remove it from my wife’s hand, look at how good I am at this, so good she doesn’t feel any pain!”Does this help? Poems can be difficult to interpret, I know.

Lena V March 18, 2011 at 5:55 pm

The poem is about a man who remembers an experience when he was a boy, in which his father distracted him by telling him a story while he pulled out a splinter. He can’t remember the story, or what it was about; he only remembers that love with which his father pulled out the splinter.Later on, he is all grown up and married, and he helps his wife in the exact same way by pulling out the splinter.I believe that in the last part, he feels remorse for the fact that he didn’t cherish the shard that brought him that moment because in the present moment, his father died, as he says “death visited here”.He then kisses his father for the last time.He also says “you” because he’s trying to connect with the reader.

elyses momma <33 March 19, 2011 at 5:58 am

my husband and i are catholic as well, and our babys baptism is this week, if theyre very traditional then yes something silver or engraved would be nice, or even practical things he may need, there really is no set standard for gifts, ive heard of people gifting beautiful blankets, getting the babys shoes coated in metal to save, part of the outfit ( like bib or shoes or what not) , or just regular old baby gifts ( bottles, clothes, toys etc.) as for the outfit, think dressy. as if you were going to a job interview but not over the top.nice dress pants and a sweater would be perfect, along with some nice shoes and a few accessories. also dont go to heavy with the make up, i did that to church once and i got some not so nice stares, keep it light. lol.

libby March 19, 2011 at 5:59 pm

Sorry to say there are none.

Kat H March 20, 2011 at 5:21 am

Sounds fine to me. I have a baby book and birthday book for each of my sons. They have pockets in them to save stuff. I kept the ultrasound photos, crib cards, hospital bracelets, hospital hats, all the cards they’ve ever gotten, newborn diaper, number candles from their cakes, a lock of hair from their first haircuts, letters, pictures, and each of them have a hand knitted baby blanket that my friend made for them. I’m hoping to pass them the baby blankets for when they have their own children. I keep ticket stubs from special events, I keep postcards, I keep little trinkets that we pick up. If it fits in the baby book pocket, then I probably keep it.

CMurphy13 March 20, 2011 at 5:59 pm

I don’t know about saving it for 3 years. Traditionally, the top of the wedding cake is supposed to be eaten on the one year anniversary of the wedding. Plus, i don’t think a wedding cake is very appropriate for a christening. To be on the safe side, I’d get a new cake.