Anne Leache, Author at Wallyhood

Anne Leache

2 Articles

Friends – My Favorite Priest and My Favorite Atheist

Anne Leache August 12, 2018 3 Comments

My husband Adam and I have been together for 25 years and have always had a mixed relationship. He is an atheist; I am a Catholic. When we got married in the church back in 2000, he tolerated the premarital classes and agreed to raise our future children Catholic. Although our beliefs are vastly different, we have always respected and supported each other. When friends make snide comments about my faith, he has my back, and I appreciate it.

As a cradle Catholic, I stereotypically expected priests to be old and assumed that we had little in common, so when …

Adrian

Anne Leache May 13, 2013 126 Comments

[Ed note: Several weeks back, a reader, Anne Leache, wrote in and said she had reached out to a local homeless woman in front of QFC, and was interested in sharing the story she had heard. We of course welcomed the story. As Anne dug in, though, things became more complex. This is her story.]

As a Wallingford resident, avid walker, and business patron, I pass through the Wallingford Ave. and 45th intersection on a regular basis. For two years, I have seen the same young, blond homeless woman sitting or standing outside of the QFC hoping for a handout. …

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