About Anna
March 30, 2007 — Anna
Anna is a feminist-educated, Christian married woman, who got this crazy idea to cover her hair and wear a long dress nearly every day. The experiment began in earnest after a major (and minor) epiphany in August, 2007. May it continue as long as God thinks necessary. Other people like reading about modesty, clothing, veils, caps, Autism, random political maneuvers, baking experiments and she loves writing about them.
She owns one spoiled cat, a laptop, a sewing machine, and a large set of knitting needles. Her husband, Jeff, is a professional Geek. They enjoy hiking, eating new ethnic cuisines, and reading books out loud to each other.
Anna loves the color green, lilacs, hammocks, animals, and snuggling up to Jeff wearing green, lying in a hammock with a dog near a blooming lilac bush. That would be paradise for her.
[The fine print: I am not a feminist. I am not a Christian feminist. Any sentiments expressed in this blog are good enough to read for sensible folk. If you take difference with that, you may take it up with me, but do not lash out against prudery. She would be offended. And I live in southwestern Oklahoma and work full-time at a University. And I don't have children...yet.]
My Blog Awards:
May 24, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Happy to meet you. I live in NY and cover for services and prayer also. It is encouraging to meet yet another sister who covers. May the Lord bless you and keep you.
In Jesus
Linda Finn
Faithful Acres Farm
Red Creek, New York
http://www.shaklee.net/faithfulacres
Independent Distributor of Shaklee
June 22, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Hi Anna! I came over from MInTheGap to meet you. I don’t cover, but that doesn’t have to keep us from being friends.
July 3, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Hi Anna,
I found you through Dawn Marie’s Blog!
It is nice to meet you!
I cover for prayer as well and worship.
I am looking forward to spending time on your blog!
Amy in Australia
http://orrhome.blogspot.com
come visit anytime!
August 7, 2007 at 9:11 am
Hi Anna! It’s nice to “meet” you. I’m currently considering covering my hair daily and am also undergoing a drastic wardrobe change towards modesty, although for different reasons than yours. It’s nice to find someone online who is as concerned with modesty as I am. I look forward to reading more of your posts.
Peace a good wishes to you,
Stacey
October 20, 2007 at 11:23 pm
Hi Anna! I’ve discovered your blog just two weeks after you’ve stopped writing it. How bittersweet
What amazing fun to read and so wonderful to hear from someone else who doesn’t think we should all worship Mammon! I agree with so much you’ve written here. You’ve got my brain happily spinning on the topic of clothing, something I’ve already spent far too much of my 37 years thinking about. And what you have to say about marriage is heartwarming and soooo accurate– it IS all about serving one another, something I had no idea about back in college. Your blog also reenforces my growing feeling of hope that many different people are realizing that relating to one another based on shallow things like what we buy or what we look like, or even, in a odd way, what our religion in. People, I hope, are starting to put different things first, things like making sure everybody has something to eat. Thank you for a wonderful read & an uplifting one. Oh, one question, You don’t pen pal do you?
December 11, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Hi Anna,
Great blog! Thanks for visiting our blog too. It was neat to read your beautiful testimonies on covering. Thanks for your work on this blog!
It is nice to have someone to visit with with these things in common.
Anna Wilkinson
Simple Living Alaska
http://www.simplelivingak.wordpress.com
“Covering in Alaska”
December 18, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Hi Anna, It’s Maggie again. You mentioned graduating from Hollins. I’m in the Roanoke Area. Are we neighbors?
December 18, 2007 at 5:24 pm
I read some more of your blog and you’re in Oklahoma, which of course is not near Roanoke. Oh well. I’m loving your blog. Thanks for sharing.
January 27, 2008 at 10:10 pm
hello! i luv your site, and I’m glad to meet another Christian blogger! stop by mine @ http://scripture4u.wordpress.com
Keep in the Faith!!
-neogotchi
January 31, 2008 at 8:58 am
Dear Mrs Anna,
I am really happy to see your web page and your activities as a muslim…and i talked about you about my wife (she is a muslim lady with headscraf) i would like to be in contact with you and work together for modesty, ethics, family…
thank you very much…
Hassan Hussein and Aisha family
TURKEY
February 7, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Hi, I wasn’t sure where to send this, but I was recently nominated for the Blogging with a Purpose award, http://www.bloggingwithapurpose.com/
I got to nominate 5 other bloggers, and I chose this blog for its dedication to encouraging young women with modesty and purity and their walk with God!
Feel free to accept or decline, that is up to you. my post can be found http://tkmuskrat.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/blogging-with-a-purpose-my-1st-award/
Sorry to clutter up your comment’s right here, but I really did not see anywhere else!
Love and prayers,
Kristie
February 14, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Hi Anna,
I’m a college student at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. I found Christ this past summer and was baptized this past December. During this time I started reading Scripture for the first time. I recently came across 1 Corinthians 11. I was shocked when I read it because it clearly states that women should cover their head during prayer, yet I do not personally know any Christian women that do. I’ve talked to my pastor and numerous friends about this, and I’m seriously considering wearing a covering. Thank you for your thoughts in your blog. God bless!
March 10, 2008 at 10:21 am
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March 10, 2008 at 10:25 am
Thank you, Anna, for putting in practice the teachings of the Bible. I am a Muslim, and both my wife and my wife dress modestly. I have posted your youtube video and added a link to your blog in a short article on my blog about the Harvard University Gymn decision. My blog is located at http://www.Islamandspirituality.org, and I was very moved by your blog’s mission too.
March 24, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Hello! (by the way, this is crazytomcat from youtube),
I have made a social network called “Modest Maidens”. There are several “modest maiden” sites out there, including yours (maidens FOR modesty, maidens OF modesty, veiled glory, ect..) and I made the social network so that we all can come together and have our own profiles and connect. It’s private and by invitation only. Please join if you are interested.
Here’s the site:
http://modestmaidens.ning.com/
(I’m still working on it!)
I’ve listed your site “Veiled Glory” as a link, I hope you don’t mind.
March 26, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Love your ‘covering for beginners’ posts and am linking to them from my blog. Thank you!
May 21, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Hi Anna, Kim from Pine Grove, Pa. Fifty years old and feel led to start wearing a covering! Last month I felt lead to begin wearing long skirts or dresses after wearing jeans for many years. I think I’m scaring my husband, not to mention my children. Been a Christian for most of my life, but only recently have been moved to modesty. Any suggestions for dealing with my poor family?
May 27, 2008 at 3:23 pm
To Sister Anna,
I came here after seeing your video on youtube. I noticed that you said you have studied Islam in your time. Your attitude may well be closer to Islam than many Muslims.
Just to clarify incase you haven’t come across in your life, we Muslims believe that Jesus/Isa (peace be upon him) was a great Prophet. We believe that Mary/Maryam (peace be upon her) was one of the greatest women to ever live.
And we believe in Allah, God, as Our Creator and Sustainer, and the Governor of all affairs. He is the One and Only God, who has no offspring, nor was he born of another, and there is none comparable to him.
It would be innappropriate me, a male, to continue conversing regularly, and I believe your husband would be in his full rights to forbid it. However, if you would like to discuss more, you could visit http://www.ummah.com/forum to go on public forums and clarify any issues you are unsure of. In particular, there are two sisters called Anna and ‘asiya on that forum who you may like to talk to.
May God guide us all to the way that pleases him. Ameen.
Tosh
June 6, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Greetings Anna
Congratulations on taking a stand for modesty. It is sad to see how women’s eyes are veiled thinking that uncovering is attractive. Women can feel and look feminine without exposing themselves. Why not take a stand for modesty everyone else is exerting their rights.
http://www.newcreationapparel.com
June 18, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Hi, Anna! I am humbled by your kind words regarding my headcovering posts. I see you work at a university. I work at a university as well — looks like we have several things in common! Please stop by again soon. We’d love to have you!
June 28, 2008 at 9:04 pm
I’m enjoying browsing through your blog and leaving a comment here and there. You’ve added a lot of new interesting stuff since I last visited a few months ago.