Advent (n.) is a season built entirely out of not yet.
Advent (n.) is the practice of wanting something on a schedule.
The Advent (n.) is four weeks of waiting for a birth that already happened.
Advent (n.) is patience. It's how God has made us a people of promise, in a world of impatience.
Appearances (n.) are like a shop window arranged by somebody who has seen the stockroom.
Appearances (n.) are cheaper to maintain than the thing itself, right up until they are not.
Appearances (n.) cost most when the effort must not show.
Appearances (n.) are kept up hardest by the households that can least afford them.
Being pretty (n.) is the trait strangers comment on before they ask your name.
Being pretty (n.) is currency that expires with lighting.
Being pretty (n.) is a job with no notice period and a compulsory retirement date.
Being pretty (n.) means strangers hold the door and then expect a conversation for it.
A Countenance (n.) is like a shop window the owner is always standing in.
A Countenance (n.) is kept on purpose, which is why it can be lost.
The Countenance (n.) is the index of the mind.
The Countenance (n.) is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.