“I miss my Godfather so much! And it’s not fair that Max is having his Godparents here in Germany and mine are so far away.”
Being a multi-cultural child isn’t always easy. Different nationalities, different countries
leave long gaps in-between seeing the ones you care most about. This time when we flew to Sweden, we got to see
her Godfather Benny again. He has been busy traveling around and working
a lot in many countries. Olivia was exited to see him again-- and we all were.
In Malmo, we went into the spiritual bookstore Sok & Finn. Benny’s books were standing on the
bookshelves, his face peering out at the customers (--seven books not bad my friend). I pointed at one of them, and asked Olivia,
“Who is that?”
We had never talked about Benny’s profession or his books. For us, he is a friend. Olivia took the book and walked up to the
cashier, “Look, this is my Godfather!”
So proud over someone’s success, and not feeling any envy.
Both my children feel and share love; they love hugging
people. I guess they get that from four
years growing up in Southern Italy; where joy, appreciation and love were the
ingredients in our life.
Benny and Olivia finally got to meet and she was so
satisfied to be around him again. He
understood her longing, to feel close to him. When it was time to leave he said he wanted to
give her a special gift. We drove to the
Efva Attling jewelry store and we walked in. Her creations are magnificent! They have tiny messages on them that has such
deep meaning to the one who wears her creations. Benny and Olivia chose a necklace with the
words; ‘I Miss You.”
Olivia felt special, and kisses it every now and then,
feeling longed for.
“I know Benny will always be there for me,” she said after we
had said our good-byes.
That’s Amore!
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