You managed to say something bold without losing your softness —and that balance is rare. The way you center children, not ideology, feels grounding in a world that keeps spinning louder.
Thank you for writing what many of us feel but struggle to articulate.
What a great article to get people to change their way of thinking. We really do need to start protecting the children and that starts with you contacting your representative and your senators. Do it everyday until they start doing their jobs.
If love does not shape our policies, our schools, and our communities to include the most vulnerable, then it has not fully done its work —and you said that beautifully here.
This is the kind of writing that calls us upward, not outward. Thank you for leading with children at the center.
Anna, thank you for writing this with such clarity and heart. The line about love looking like infrastructure hit me deeply. It reframes protection as something tangible — ramps, funding, classrooms — not just sentiment.
“Protecting children should never be controversial.”
What you described echoes something I’ve felt but struggled to articulate: that outrage often consumes the energy that could have been invested in design.
I am so heartbroken that the people in power are protecting the people who hurt kids. I don’t understand how this could have been happening so long. So many people in so many countries must be hiding so many secrets.
Thank you for this article. After recently reading about the murders of three non-verbal disabled adults abandoned by their caregiver in Utah, my mother heart is broken again. I had to step away from reading the Epstein accounts because I couldn't handle the grief and the rage anymore. I am a mother of adults and grandmother of 5. We need to protect children. Protect the future FOR children. You're so right, it shouldn't even be a conflict, or controversy. WE teach them how to be in the world. Let's make them the priority. Thank you for your loving perspective. Love, Virg
Yes, agree completely. Frankly, caring about other people in general should not be controversial, but especially the most vulnerable among us, like children.
You managed to say something bold without losing your softness —and that balance is rare. The way you center children, not ideology, feels grounding in a world that keeps spinning louder.
Thank you for writing what many of us feel but struggle to articulate.
What a great article to get people to change their way of thinking. We really do need to start protecting the children and that starts with you contacting your representative and your senators. Do it everyday until they start doing their jobs.
Anna, this piece holds both urgency and clarity.
If love does not shape our policies, our schools, and our communities to include the most vulnerable, then it has not fully done its work —and you said that beautifully here.
This is the kind of writing that calls us upward, not outward. Thank you for leading with children at the center.
Anna, thank you for writing this with such clarity and heart. The line about love looking like infrastructure hit me deeply. It reframes protection as something tangible — ramps, funding, classrooms — not just sentiment.
“Protecting children should never be controversial.”
What you described echoes something I’ve felt but struggled to articulate: that outrage often consumes the energy that could have been invested in design.
This is really powerful, Anna. ♥️ You did an excellent job of having an empathetic yet bold voice.
I am so heartbroken that the people in power are protecting the people who hurt kids. I don’t understand how this could have been happening so long. So many people in so many countries must be hiding so many secrets.
Your work is always excellent, relatable 🫶
“Some days it feels like Losing My Religion — not about faith, but about steadiness.”
This gave me chills. This is POWERFUL.
Thank you for this article. After recently reading about the murders of three non-verbal disabled adults abandoned by their caregiver in Utah, my mother heart is broken again. I had to step away from reading the Epstein accounts because I couldn't handle the grief and the rage anymore. I am a mother of adults and grandmother of 5. We need to protect children. Protect the future FOR children. You're so right, it shouldn't even be a conflict, or controversy. WE teach them how to be in the world. Let's make them the priority. Thank you for your loving perspective. Love, Virg
Yes, agree completely. Frankly, caring about other people in general should not be controversial, but especially the most vulnerable among us, like children.
Very well said. So much to carry these days. ❤️🥰🙏🏼