This celebrity, scion of an influential political family and daughter of a beloved icon of freedom, was– even until the very end– never her mother’s daughter.
I respectfully held my peace for a family and a nation grieving for the passing of One who’s been the calm core of Courage during a time of Fear, a Great Lady, a Queen of a Woman, who was a banner that a whole people followed in unity towards that dawn of democracy.
Now the dearly departed’s remains has been bound to the earth, beside the One so dear to her, I think I can declare my disapproval of her celebrity daughter’s actions.
Not even waiting for her mother’s remains to be placed in its final resting place, not even waiting for at least a week for people to mourn her mother’s passing, the celebrity holds a media event during the wake to broadcast what took place in her great mother’s last two weeks on earth.
Not only did I find such a broadcast inappropriate and self-centered, it was a gross disrespect to the quiet repose of the dead. It was definitely unbecoming for the Mourning of this Great Lady’s passing.
Let us never forget that though this Queen of a Woman was a public figure, who spent her life in the service of her people, she was a Private person… she never wanted to be in the position of Leadership, to be in the Spotlight, in the Public Eye however it is the nature of Destiny to place such Greatness on those who never sought it or want it, and she carried that Greatness well, in all humility, with an inner strength that shone rather than stormed.
Let us never ever forget that though she was a public figure, she was a private person because apparently her celebrity daughter forgot that herself.
Many could call me harsh… she was just coping with her mother’s passing the way she is, she is only being true to herself and others–others might say in her defence.
That I’ll agree, that this celebrity’s one positive virtue could be she’s frank to a fault, honest to the point of self-injuring her personal dignity.
Much the same way how she declared to the entire nation through a live broadcast on television how an indiscretion of a lover soiled her health with the righteous indignation of a woman wronged unjustly, of a victim hurting and fighting. Back then I’d rolled my eyes at such a declaration and wondered even then how her mother, the Great Lady, felt about it. No doubt she supported her daughter’s decision whole-heartedly but I’d like to believe that in her mind, she thought that this could have been dealt through a better, more dignified manner.
Did the public had the right to know? Did the public NEED to know? Did the public WANT to know? Perhaps debating those questions about that media event THEN would be pointless NOW. However in the case of the recent passing of the Great Lady, I believed that the public would have been polite as propriety would dictate, would have been patient rather than be eager or hungry for details of how the Great Lady went through her last days. The Public isn’t the Press no matter how much the Press declare they serve the Public’s interests. I believe the public would have been generous, to give the Great Lady’s family their privacy, though we mourn with them, there are some matters, some moments too precious to share.
Was it the celebrity daughter’s right to whether or not share such private moments, to service these to the public’s attentions? One cannot really know how her heart dictates her actions nor do I care to speculate, the matter that I wish to stress is that she could have done better, could have taken the opportunity to redeem herself, had she just been patient waited until her mother’s remains have been placed in the bosom of the earth to share her grief and her mother’s last moments to the public who loved her. There is always a proper time and place for every thing.
There are millions of people who strive to live up to the Example set up by the Great Lady, of her sense for justice and rightness, her desire for peace and prosperity for all, of her devotion to the power of solemn prayer, of her quality of dignity, of her grace under pressure, of her compassionate spirit, of her quiet manners and gentle words that show a humility that can only be exalted by Heaven. I can only pray that among those millions, the Great Lady’s own celebrity daughter should strive to be the same as her mother, through that the Great Lady’s legacy can remain and be truly alive in the child she so loved and so favored.
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