Being Fashionable According to Britannica, fashion is best defined simply as the style or styles of clothing and accessories worn at any given time by groups of people. Fashion sense means having an instinct for how clothes look when worn together. It means that how those clothes can make an outfit both look good on you, and express something about you. Fashion sensibility is not about knowing any sort of formula or the absolute and only correct way to dress.... Read more
Advent Matters December is the month of joy as we honor the Advent that brought peace on earth and goodwill to all men. Advent means the “arrival” and signifies the start of an event or the arrival of a person. It is a four-week season of remembering and celebrating the arrival of Jesus on Earth. A time to reflect on the unexpected nature of Jesus’ humble birth, and how no room could be found for His birth. December is also... Read more
The Age-old Problem Ageing parents and adult children seem to find it difficult to bond together or relate to one another as they both age. It seems such a huge task to maintain relationship with one another, and often they drift apart for lack of understanding. Each is ensconced in their own citadels, and many times they’re even unable talk to one another without being at loggerheads with each other. It looks as though there’s no middle ground, or even... Read more
Being wedded | Unsplash Wedding Bliss It was during the marriage of our daughter that we realized that marriages are made in heaven but weddings are done on earth! The amount of planning and preparation that goes into a wedding, as well as the number of people involved in making it happen, is mind-boggling. After our daughter’s wedding, my husband and I had a chance to go somewhere alone, and boy, did I really need it to recover, both physically... Read more
What are Smokescreens? Smoke screens are usually used by infantry to conceal their movement in areas of enemy fire. They can also be used by armored fighting vehicles, such as tanks, to conceal a withdrawal. They have regularly been used since earliest times to disorient or drive off attackers. Britannica defines it as something that you do or say to hide something or to take attention away from something. Cambridge Dictionary marks it as something that hides the truth about... Read more
Grandparents Joy King Solomon wrote in his book of Proverbs that Grandchildren are the crown of grandparents, and parents are the glory of their children. When a couple gets married, there are always some expectations and oftentimes pressure from their parents to grow through family by having kids. Grandparents find great joy in being bequeathed with grandchildren and find happiness in relating to the small ones. Grandkids often resemble grandparents more than parents, and this creates a special bond between them. ... Read more
important Concept of Reconciliation Reconciliation (the process of making two things consistent, accurate, and in agreement) means different things for and in different contexts. The dictionary notes that reconciliation is the noun form of the verb reconcile, which comes from the Latin reconciliāre, meaning “to make good again” or “to repair.” In the financial and banking sectors, it is an accounting process ensuring the actual amount of money spent matches the amount shown debited from an account at the end... Read more
War Stories Whenever I watch a movie that pits a small force against a larger enemy, I always look for the battle strategy by which the smaller army conquers the larger one. It excites me to see a bigger enemy, who comes into battle confident of gaining the upper hand because of the sheer number of people on their side, made to bite the dust by a smaller opponent through their sharper wits and smarter battle plans. Watching Prince Caspian’s... Read more
Experiential Conclusion I was recently organising an event in church, and had to work with a couple of people, both men and women, in order to conduct it. To my surprise I found that the women in the team completed their tasks on time. They then picked up the slack when a couple of men failed to deliver what was entrusted to them. They went the extra mile to help me, shouldering the extra burden brought on by this delinquency,... Read more
Legal Parlance In legal circles, prosecutors and defense attorneys both have the goal of defending their clients successfully. They, however, use different approaches to fulfill the different requirements needed to complete their assignments. Choosing the right defense attorney who can plead your cause and bring appropriate outcomes is crucial to your case! A prosecutor must charge the defendant with a specific crime or set of crimes, which he or she might have or might not have committed. On the other... Read more
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