Our family's first "aha" moment

Saturday, we had the first Baby Dedication with some of the family at my Aunt's church. L loved it. She was good on the church platform and went with my Aunt when it was the dedication prayer. I decided to do one there (even though I have already planned her dedication at our church since way back when) because my aunt's church had been praying for L, and I wanted to take Tigger after finalization anyways. My aunt is the senior pastor at a predominantly African American church and I just wanted L to go and meet the congregation that had been praying for us from placement to finalization and enjoy a more upbeat church service (maybe in the back of my mind I also wanted L to have her first and most important dedication in a church that was even more diverse than ours). L really enjoyed the service and while she's not fond of strangers, really hit it off with many of the individuals there which makes me think that we will be visiting my aunt at her church more often. The church is about an hour away which is why we don't go often, but I think for L's sake, we will make an effort to visit more often than what we have been doing as we have been dubbed honorary members there now lol. While she likes her routine and children's classes at our church, the atmosphere at my aunt's church really was to her liking. I've always noted that L is a thoughtful child. Maybe not in an adult way, but maybe she does know already that for some reason she is connected to African American individuals. I wouldn't doubt that maybe she just already "knows" even before she and I have more talks about people, race, and differences. Children always amaze me with their abilities that we take for granted. An overall great day! After the church service, my mom was talking about how much L was enjoying herself and then she had her own "aha" moment where she stated that if she ever hears anything even remotely racist or making fun of others based on culture or race, she will be the first to nip it in the bud, because L is OUR family now and she is who she is and anyone that makes fun or makes ignorant statements will receive the fury of her "education". I think it was just a great day and full of happy reminders that L is a beautiful child and needs to be respected for who she is :) Just thought I'd share....nothing I hadn't thought of before, but I guess you had to be there to just feel what I felt and to hear the affirmation of my family for ALL of L, not just "oh L is family and that's the only thing that matters" (which is fine too, IDK it was just a family 'aha moment')