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ANNABEL ONYANGO
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As a modern day girl, you often have so much going on that
sometimes the stress can catch up with you. Annabel Onyango
muses that it’s okay for you to unabashedly give in to having one
unit of red wine a day. You deserve it!
I
’m a modern day girl, and modern
day girls are BU-SY. Most women
worth their salt these days have
a day job, a side hustle, a night
class, family duties, a packed
social calendar, community service, a magazine column (*cough*)
and at least a dozen plans in the
wings waiting to be executed. As if
that’s enough, we still have to make
time to update our wardrobe and get
our hair and nails done. Girls are indus- trious; we‘re multitasking pros!
With all that going on, we can then
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be forgiven for tip-toeing to the pantry at the end of every (long) day in
search of something a little stronger
than a cup of tea. Like clockwork,
we crave that evening glass of our
favorite table wine, served in our
favorite glass, and savoured from
our favorite spot on the couch. The
twenty minutes or so that that glass
of stress-dissolving liquid lasts is oftentimes the only moment of the day
that we have to ourselves. It offers
a little comfort to our weary souls,
a little something to keep us going
for another tomorrow of mental,
physical, and emotional exertion. Life
can feel relentless and unforgiving,
and it’s a merciful God who created wine and put it in cute bottles
labelled “Zinfandel”, knowing the
therapeutic effect it would have on
Busy Girls everywhere.
All jokes aside, the well-researched medical benefits of having
ONE unit of red wine a day include
raising your good cholesterol levels,
neutralizing free radicals that cause
wrinkles and ageing, and regulating
blood sugar. Everything in moderation of course. So no matter how trying the day has been (or how thorny
tomorrow threatens to be) banish the
guilt and submit to that tipple before
bed. Being a fabulous Busy Girl isn’t
easy, but the wine helps it along.
Annabel Onyango is an awardwinning Fashion Stylist in Africa.
She’s also a tv personality, social
influencer, and taste-maker. Style is
her do and end all.