When I was young, around four or five, I use to hang out at my mom’s school (she’s a “canteen teacher” at an elementary school near our barangay). I was too young to go to school then and no one will take care of me at our house so I always ask my mom if I can go with her at work.
I am very behave. Unlike other kids who like to play outdoor games and run everywhere and get many bruises in their body, I prefer to sit down in a corner, armed with pen and paper, and doodle every thing from my imagination.
One of my most favorite doodles is the “unique” family. Unique because the father is a policeman, with two breast pockets with two pleats each on his polo, and a belt running from his left shoulder to his right waist, and a pistol on his right hand. The wife, on the other hand is a lady with wavy, long hair with a tiara of wildflowers. She’s wearing a loose white gown that sways with the air, and a sandals similar to what people wear during the time of Jesus Christ (I guess that’s what they call gladiator shoes). On her left hand is a wand, with rays of light emanating from it. Yes, she’s a fairy, and she’s the wife of the policeman. They have a child, a boy, probably of same age as I when I was doodling it, mearing short pants and ordinary shirt. The wife is at the left, holding the boy with her right hand, and the boy holds his father’s left hand with the former’s right.
The story is that the policeman always protect his wife from bad elements who wanted to have her. One time, he was shot by the goons, and died. The wife cried and cried for many days. And because she has magic, she decided to bring his life back,and they lived happily again, and the cycle continues – bad elements will try to kidnap her, he will get shot, and she will bring her life.
I guess that was my early concept of relationship – to protect your partner and sacrifice your life for him/her, and the partner, in return, will also do everything to give the other the happiness that he/she deserves. Though in the process, they still get hurt. At least they always find a way to be happy.
