Granny Holloway Takes a Break…5 May 2024

	Granny Holloway Takes a Break

	**Subject: Granny Holloway Takes a Leave of Absence
     When I was a HS sophomore – decades ago! – my World History
teacher was Mrs. Holloway, but we all called her Granny Holloway.
She was a slight woman, scarcely 5 feet tall, seemingly fragile,
but full of vim and vinegar….you know the type. She could speak for
hours about the Fall of the Roman Empire, the Inquisition, the
Industrial Revolution, and the World Wars. She never sat while she
lectured, never stood at a lectern, but moved around the room
making eye contact with all of her students. She was demanding too
and I can’t remember how many papers were sent back to me because
she would note “you can do better than this, Mr Finerty.”
     One day during class, an office aid interrupted her lecture to
hand her a note. She read it silently, apologized, and said she
needed to leave the room. We knew it had to be important because
Granny Holloway stopped lectures for no one.
     We sat in the room talking to one another when the door opened,
and in walked Mrs. Abels, another teacher in our HS. She explained
to us that Granny had been faced with an emergency, a serious one,
and it was questionable if she would even be returning to finish out
the semester. We were stunned. Would we get a chance to tell her
goodbye? Would we get updates, so we would know she was ok? Mrs.
Abels assured us that we need not worry, that Granny was safe but
needed time away, and that the best thing we could do for her, and
the best way we could show our devotion to her, was to be coopera-
tive with her replacement. Mrs. Abels confirmed that she had been
asked and had agreed to step in as Granny’s replacement.
     Cheer up, she told us, this could be a good thing. Other teach-
ers still believed in endless homework and projects with deadlines
and hard work. She would not bring that into our class. She believed
in clean slates. If there were grades that we did not like, she
could give us a chance to bring them up. She asked us what sugges-
tions we had to make the semester a better learning experience. Some
one mentioned that lectures were boring and we wanted more films.
Done, she said. Someone else mentioned that a free day now and then
would help us if we needed to catch up on work in other classes. She
didn’t see a problem with that. She asked us how we felt about an
end-of-semester party. Um, yeah, sounded very good to us. And on and
on. Mrs. Abels listened intently and agreed to all of our sugges-
tions, continually emphasizing that her concern was that we have a
good learning experience and enjoy the semester. She also reminded
us that we were lucky to not be sent out to other classes where we
would be working to catch up, and that of course this was all for
Granny.
     Near the end of the period, shortly before the bell rang, the
door opened and Granny sauntered in with her usual Granny Holloway
attitude. “How did they do?,” she asked. “Marvelous,” said Mrs.
Abels. “They were completely in my hands.”
     Granny then faced us and said “And that, my students, is how
a dictator takes over a nation. Not with guns or tanks or laws or
mandates. They do it using false promises and gifts”
     I can’t remember a lesson all through 12 years of public
school that made such an impression on me, and has stayed with me.
     We are among wolves in sheep clothing, many are being
deceived.
     Stay awake! And buckle up.
     Put on the FULL armor of God, we are going to need it in the
days to come.**

     A friend of mine sent me this and I felt compelled to share
it with you all.
     It brought to mind Saul Alinsky's book, "Rules for Radicals"
and the eight steps of the Cloward-Piven Strategy that I have put
in my blog for at least 3 years in an effort to inform people of
how the media has been corrupted along with the Democrats, the 
DOJ and the unelected people who are actually running OUR once
great nation where God, Honor, Country, and Integrity were the
most important things we had powered by morals and love of our
fellow Americans.
     Now look at what they have done. It is disgraceful, pathetic,
and sad that so many can be brainwashed without even knowing it
happening.
     Any patriot should want to know the truth and facts and not
let the corrupt think for us.
     God is our judge, deliverance, and savior. It is time for
all Americans to get our priorities in order.
     I pray for you, one and all.

  Conservatively,
  John