THE DEBUTANT

One Sunday  evening, we went to Malabon to attend a debut of a church's member.

I am used to attending debuts but  this particular debut was an extraordinary one ...... the debutant is blind.

Yes, she is blind by birth.

What would be a fitting gift for a girl like her is the question  I asked to myself once I learned of the invitation.

It cannot be just any gift.  It does not depend on the color or design. Even the most pleasing to the eyes won't do.

One morning while she was exiting from the sanctuary after our worship service,  she reminded me of  her debut  so  I asked her what gift she wanted to receive.

She said she needs additional money to buy herself a musical instrument.  That answered my question.

Yes, friends, she has an ear for music. And not only an ear but a heart for it.

And the proof of her passion for music is her ability to identify the members of the former SEX BOMB DANCERS through their voices.  Yap. she is a fan of the group.

I don't know where the candle ceremony could perfectly serve the debutant.  She can smell the roses and hear the messages but the light from the candles, I don't know how she conceives it to her mind.

But i think that there are so many ways of seeing things.  Our eyes are just one of the ways.  There are many opening where light can get through a person.

Yes, the debutant doesn't have the sense of sight like us.  But she sees things thru music.

That night, we have heard so many messages that were uplifting to the debutant.

Had I been given the opportunity to give my message to her.  I would whisper to her that all eyes look unto her and that she got the kindest and handsomest escort that night.

I think that is one of the concerns the debutant has, blind or not.

Posing with the debutant