How Genevieve Aura Got Her Name?

Genevieve Aura

At the dawn of April 14, my wife Rebecca gave birth to a baby girl in the health center of La Carlota City in 1979.

The attending midwife inquired from my wife what will be the  name of our daughter. She didn't right away give her a name, instead she waited for me for I was in the plaza, which is just a stone-throw away from the center, taking my round of brisk walking exercise which I used to do it every early in the morning.

When I got back, my wife told me about it. I didn't have to think on what name to give our 3rd child. I told her right away that the name should be Genevieve Aura. My wife just grinned, didn't bother to ask why.

But earlier when I saw our child in one of the cribs at the nursery room, I was amused of her stature and look for she's a cute, lovely child. Since we already have our two kids, a boy and a girl, my wife and I were expecting that we would have another boy whom we are desirous to have. That's our expectation, but we were wrong.

Well, a child with a girl's gene, I thought. So I would rather call her  Genevieve, combination of Gene and Eve as her first name.

Immediately after she was born, I went outside the center and headed to the plaza to exercise. As I looked at the sky, I saw the orange hue of the sky and the sun was gradually emerging from the back of Mt. Canlaon. Then as I looked at the sky again, I saw the morning star, Cabuguason (Aurora which believed to be the Goddess of dawn). I shortened it as Aura and assigned it as the second name of our newly born child. I couldn't forget that very memorable day that it was Saturday for it's a"Sabado de Gloria" the 6th of the Holy Lent week as observed by the Catholics.

In like manner, there are also memorable events did happen this day. For example, US President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre in 1865.

In 1912, this day, the British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic late evening. As the ship sinks 1,517 passengers were dead.

April 14, 1956 – In Chicago, Illinois, videotape is first demonstrated.

April 14, 1981 – Genius Christopher Michael Bonacci was born to Louis Paul Bonacci, Jr. and Barbara Jean Bonacci in Lawrence Hospital in the small village of Bronxville, New York.

Moreover, what also a coincidence, in April 14, 1979, Rebecca DiPietro, American model was born. Rebecca is the same name of Genevieve Aura's mother, my wife.

Genevieve Aura or Gingging as we fondly call her is now a woman, 33 years old, a spinster.

Happy birthday, Ging! We love you from Nanay and Tatay!