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A Child Asks, “What Does the Sun Say to Moon?”
What do we tell our kids when they ask what the sun says to the moon? Here’s a parent’s creative response to it.
Kids have the greatest and widest imaginations ever. Sometimes, their ideas are so out of the box that we can’t fathom how they came up with them. So when events planner and mom, Trina Velilla-Milan, heard her 5-year-old son, Sandro, randomly sing, “The sun and the moon like to stay together but they can’t stay together all the time… but they have a good time at the sunset,” it inspired her to create the book: What The Sun Says To The Moon.
The lovely moments of a parent-child conversation
Although we enjoy the money we are paid for each hour of work we do, it’s the conversations we have with our children that inspire us to dream. The invaluable pillow talk Trina had with Sandro inspired her to write the book, What The Sun Says To The Moon, sending a message to many parents to enjoy the little “sunsets” with their kids. “Watching the sunsets as it unfolds each day can be symbolic. The reason for each holds its purpose at some point in your life. Every day is different but beautiful in its own way.”
Although it’s easier for us to notice the stress that hurts us, there needs to be an effort from us to not ignore the beauty in the little but meaningful conversations we have with our little ones. It may be hard at first to imagine the things they think about. Especially because kids often ask profound and imaginative questions.
And that’s something we need to preserve as parents because there will always be someone or something out there to force our kids into a box. It’s like what the late Robin Williams said in the movie Dead Poet’s Society,
“We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
Robin Williams, The Dead Poet’s Society (1989)
Take even a moment to enjoy the sunsets.
Although we know that the sun and moon don’t talk, it’s the magic of wondering what their conversation will be like that we need to keep alive. What The Sun Says To The Moon‘s whimsical colors and drawings allow parents when reading to their kids to reconnect with their inner child, the one they suppressed in order to survive in the real world, and remember what it means to enjoy the colors in each sunset they watch together with their loved ones.
Anna Katrina Velilla-Milan graduated from Assumption College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education, majoring in Early Education. She was a former teacher from Xavier Pre-School but continues to spread colors of the sunset in her current profession as an Events Planner. To buy a copy of the book, click here!
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