Month: February 2019

Friday Find || The magic of The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery

Growing up, my older sister and mother exposed me to really good children’s books, and I fell in love with some of them. Case in point: Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series. That spirited redhead stole my heart the moment my eyes clapped on the first page. It was the same for the next eight books of the series. I was looking for Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess when I saw this book. And literally, I forgot about the book I was supposed to buy, and bought The Story Girl instead. And it was totally worth it. Mythology, fairy tales, village anecdotes, treasured family history were the repertoire of Sara Stanley’s stories. While being the titular character, she is not the only central character. It is her, her cousins and her friends, that merry band of children having various adventures–canvassing for collections for a school library, buying a picture of God, whom Sara declared, looked like a cross old man. There’s also the chapter of the ghostly bell, which terrified the children and amused an uncle. The Story Girl also tackles …

Blog || Queenly Quest

The true empowerment lies in the ability of a woman to exemplify beauty, brain, and blessing by being an inspiration to multitude of people around her. It is not being a chauvinist but a way of showcasing the jewels women have to offer in this world full of judgments. However, what really defines a true queen? Is she somebody who embodies perfect aesthetics or somebody who possesses an uncommon beauty? The command of one’s self does not rely on personality alone. Wit will play a great part in the essence of being a woman.  So do not feel overly anxious physically because obviously beauty is highly subjective. As long as you have the magic of confidence, beauty just shines through you. Today’s standards of looks will always alter so why not concentrate on the constant? Goodness is one of the constant values that will never fade in someone’s list of qualifications. Aside from such, excellence matters because every woman should have something to say and that she should be eloquent enough to bring about changes. …