IS NOW WHOLLY DIGITAL

Ihave never thought about the Polling Units as a place to be all dressed up, but while planning this issue, the topic and others related to how to cast your vote came up. So we have a mini voting issue this week.

Our fashion pages show you how to pull off a laid-back but highly fashionable look as you cast your vote next weekend, while the culture page suggests some necessary items you must take along as you queue to vote. Downtown confidential this week is also politically inclined. You know what page to search.

The older I get, the more often my mother calls me, asking if I have taken supplements or vitamins for the day. As a retired nurse and aged woman, she knows what she is talking about when she says, ”Onah, you are a woman approaching her late forties; you need to take vitamins or supplements.” My response is usually, “they increase my appetite; I don’t want to get fat”. Then we argue for a few minutes.

I couldn’t help but laugh after writing that. Isn’t it amazing the sort of love God placed in a mother? I sometimes wonder if it can compare to how much He loves us... you get the picture. I finally gave in and started to take the supplements—just not religiously. Months later, when my hair started shedding, I wasn’t sure if it was because I lacked vitamins or because I had changed my hair products, but I didn’t want to find out, so I quickly searched for the packs of supplements she had sent me over eight months ago and started drinking them—religiously, I might add.

Interestingly, one of our articles this week lists hair shedding and others, such as depression, as symptoms of a lack of Vitamin D. I must say that the ‘prophet not being recognised in their home’ explains those conversations with my mum, but after reading the article, I have come to appreciate my mum’s gesture of love in her daily check-in to ask if I have taken my supplements. Have you taken yours?

Until next week, enjoy your read.

Onah Nwachukwu Editor, THEWILL DOWNTOWN @onahluciaa +2349088352246