RES GESTAE
Inspiring
All heads turned when the mistress of the ceremony announced the entrance of the royal court.
At one corner, I was holding a digital video camera ready to capture every single moment of the majestic entrance. The queen and king walked towards the center stage. They were all smiles, waving their hands to the crowd. They exuded confidence. I was overwhelmed.
The little queen was my little girl. She got crowned as the Miss Day Care 2010 of the Iloilo City District. She looked very pretty in her purple and pink gown.
As the coronation rites progressed, I could not help but think how happy my baby was. She dreamed to win the search. She wished to get the crown. And she had it.
Any parent could understand how I felt that day. I was proud. Happy. Inspired.
Truly, there is nothing more moving for parents than seeing their child achieved his/her dream.
What my baby had was no small feat, at least in her level of understanding and appreciation. And I believe little children, like her, know no distinction in their achievements. Only parents attribute big or small to them. Only parents see their child’s accomplishment as significant or trivial.
I always consider my little daughter’s accomplishments as milestones.
In the minds of adults, she was only but a fancy queen. But, I am sure, she found that coronation rites no fancy at all. She was the queen. She was on a pedestal.
With this, my wife and I are more challenged than always to be good parents to Jay. We both believe that we have a very vital role in making Jay a queen at all times. We have to make Jay understands that her being a queen did not end with the coronation rites. She has to grow to be person who assumes responsibility, commits her time to good causes, thinks the welfare of others, and loves to serve. We have to let her understand that the real measure of a queen is not her treasures and authority but her heart.
I have no illusion that Jay would grow according to the attributes of a queen. Neither this is a wishful thinking.
I am in contention that what a child becomes or does not becomes would only depend on how his or her parents take responsibility of leading, guiding and inspiring him or her.
Truly, seeing Jay being crowned as queen inspired me. I was inspired to do my role as her “queen-maker” in the real court of life.*
