Do you remember your own first communion? I remember mine almost as if it were 50 years ago! Actually, what I remember are the memories created by pictures I have seen of my first communion back at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Globe, Arizona.
I still have my first communion dress and veil which my daughter wore 19 years ago.
I hope her daughter Bella (and any future daughters will also wear it). When my mother died and we were going through her treasures, I found my first communion rosary and missal. (The missal is not the one in the picture of me–that was a prop missal the photographer had in his studio).
They are truly treasures to me and a link to my childhood, and I was so grateful my mother had saved them all these years.
Do you know anybody preparing for first communion? How about giving them a gift which they will cherish? Need some ideas?
