Over The Rainbow (COMPLETED)

Little Questions -2

Question from @vaniabenoza 😊

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Year 2028:

It was a few days til Valentine's Day and Charmaine was four. M was out with the boys on a PTA meeting at Thirdy's school. R was left with their little girl and thought to have their daughter's opinion on a gift he was planning to get M.

"What do you think, sweetheart? This one or this?" He asked as he showed the little girl two pictures of the two rings he was choosing from on his iPad. A simple white gold band with a 2 carat princess cut yellow diamond on the left and a rose, white and yellow tri-color band on the right.

Charm squinted her eyes and furrowed her eyebrows as she looked from one ring to the other, tilting her head from side to side as if inspecting them on every angle.

R amusedly smiled and watched his daughter seriously contemplate on her choice.

"This one, Papa." She finally said after a few minutes pointing to the one on the left. "Is it Mama's biwthday yet?"

"No. Not yet, sweetheart. I'm getting her a gift for Valentine's Day."

"Waz Vawentimes Day, Papa?"

R grinned. "Valentine's Day, baby. It's a day when we celebrate Love. Well, we celebrate Love everyday but that day is specially dedicated for it."

"Wuv. What is wuv, Papa?"

"Hmmm..." R thought for a minute. How do you answer the question 'What is love?' to a four- year old?

Sa dami nang tanong naman oh. Menggay, asan ka na ba?

R took a deep breath and answered the best way that he can.

"Love... there's is no exact meaning for it, sweetheart. Love can mean different things to different people." R looked at their daughter's perplexed expression as she sat on his lap and sighed.

Isa pa, Tisoy. Okay. Eto.

"Hmmm... Love is when you are willing to give or sacrifice something you have no matter how important that is because you know it will be good for that someone special to you and that makes you happy." R said.

Charm's frown seemed to deepen so R thought of giving more concrete examples.

Ang hirap nito ah. Paano ba? Matanda nga di maintindihan ang Love minsan eh.

"Hmmm... It's giving your time to someone because you know spending time with you will make them happy. Like when a guy takes a whole day off and flies on a private plane to surprise the girl he loves for her birthday." He stated his first example and smiled. "That's love."

Charm's eyes now brightened as she began to realize what R meant. "Wike when you and Mama spend time with me and Kuwa at Seb?"

"Yes, sweetheart. That's love." R agreed. "Remember when Kuwa gave you half of the last piece of his favorite cupcake yesterday?"

Charm nodded.

"That's love." R smiled.

"Kuwa wuvs me. I wuv Kuwa too."

"I know you do." R said, poking the little girl's nose. "That's why you always hug Kuya when he comes home from school. Hugs are important and you give it to him because you know it will make him feel better. That's love."

Charm grinned, proud of the gesture of love she never fails to give her Kuya.

"Papa, when I wet Mama go to Seb because he's cwying even if I weally wanted Mama to tell me a stowy, is that wuv too?" Charm asked and R found himself fighting back his tears.

"Yes, baby girl, That is love." He sighed.
"When Mama gives herself to all of us, to take care of us, to cook for us, to make sure we're happy and comfortable, when she kisses and hugs us, when she crosses us sometimes because we needed to realize that what we're doing is wrong even if she knows we could be upset at her for it, even of it hurts her, everything Mama does for us is Love." R blinked back the tear in the corner of his eye and took a deep breath.

Charm nodded and smiled. "Mama wuvs us vewy much and we wuv her too. Vewy vewy much." She said drawing big circles with her arms.

"Yes. That's right, Charm."

"And when you work weally weally hard for us and pway with us, that's wuv too. Wight Papa?"

This time the tears R has been fighting started flowing and he quickly brushed them off and nodded. "Yes. That's love."

"Papa?"

"Yes, baby?"

"I know what Wuv is now." Charm smiled widely.

"I'm glad you do, baby. I guess even before we started trying to understand what love is. God has already shown us what Love really is when He gave us His only son, Jesus, to save us from sin." R smiled.

"That's what Wowo Father always says." Charm assured R she understood by remembering one of the things Father Jeff always tells them.

"Yes." R said. "That..." He started.

"Is wuv." Charm stated to finish her dad's sentence. "I wuv you, Papa." Their daughter said as she leaned her head on R's shoulder.

"I love you too, Charmaine Athena." R kissed the top of their little girl's head and hugged her tight.

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Unbeta'ed and not proofread.

I know. Sorry. Super late. 😔

Thank you for reading.