I suppose all parents have a moment when they realize that their child is growing up. I had that moment on Saturday. My 12-year-old daughter insisted on watching the "song of the year" contest, won by Westlife, and Miss World, won by Rosanna Davison.
At the conclusion of these two "great" Irish victories, my daughter turned to us and said, "Sure was a great night for the Irish, wasn't it"? The look on her face told us that she knew exactly what she was saying and that she knew just how awful the previous two hours had been. She recognized how utterly ridiculous the two contests were.
