Author Archives: Anne

Pensively I sit in my Facebook jail cell, pondering the error of my ways and preparing for the inevitable revoke of my parole, fully aware that I am unrepentant, incorrigible and irredeemable before the powers of social media hall monitors. My preparation includes printing hard copies of as many of my community non-compliant Facebook postsContinue reading “Stupid Prizes for Stupid People”

My personal story in response to a devoted teacher who believes in public education….. I grew up the second of seven children. My father who was an only child and lost his dad as a teenager and his mom as a young adult, was the sole financial supporter of our family during much of myContinue reading “The Finest Education”

Why does history, with all of its wretched atrocities, repeat itself? Because evil is always seeking opportunity. Evil is ever patient and exceedingly clever. It has no boundaries. There is no depravity that evil is unwilling to employ. No lie it is unwilling to tell. No person it is unwilling to sacrifice to its cause.Continue reading “The Truth About Lies”

I read a Facebook post this morning intended to bring perspective on the Covid virus to people who “just want to get back to normal”. It was an emotional piece about a wife being awakened in the middle of the night by her husband who is gasping for air and then leaves to take himContinue reading “Life is Worth the Risk”

Our country is crumbling. Likely done for. Not innocent victims of an uber-powerful foreign aggressor. Conscious participants in our own moral, societal, and spiritual suicide, ultimately succumbing to the rot manifesting and untreated in our own midst and households for decades. Our addiction overdose drug of choice? Narcissism laced with entitlement, righteous indignation and sexualContinue reading “Decay”

If the media or pollsters wanted to know why I or any other Trump supporter voted for him, they could have asked. Or just listened. Or stopped deleting the social media posts and accounts of people who supported him and looked at what they were actually saying. But they didn’t. Because they didn’t want toContinue reading “Enemy of the People”

She’s 21 today. When I found out that I was pregnant with Traci, we had just moved our large, young family from Brooklyn to Fishkill. We had literally moved our 5 children (ages 10,7,3,3 and 1) the week before Christmas and somehow managed to unpack, decorate and put gifts under the tree for all ofContinue reading ““It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn””

Millions of Democrats and liberals across the country just voted for people who have spent their entire adult lives getting rich as politicians; because they promised them that if they got elected this time, they’d give them the “free healthcare”, “free college tuition”, “affordable housing”, “free childcare” and most ironically and brass, the “social justice”,Continue reading “What Are the Odds?”

Five years ago today my Aunt Eileen left this world for a far better one.Knowing that I will see her again is one of the reasons I am unafraid to go when God calls me home. I had the privilege to honor my beloved Aunt and Godmother at the celebration of her journey into heaven.Continue reading “If You Want to Leave This World More Beautiful Than You Found It, Be An Aunt Eileen”

I used to joke that I wore bangs for a long time because I had the word “mark” stamped boldly across my forehead. A reference to the fact that I can be pretty naive sometimes. Naivete isn’t the worst thing in the world. It’s basically the comfort that comes from believing that people are generallyContinue reading “***THE MARK***”