Dear Anonymous:

In response to the comment you left regarding my Lost Necklace post from February:

[1] Yes, I’m very lucky to have John in my life and as my husband
[2] The necklace wasn’t expensive and I still have the pendant
[3] To suggest I’m ungrateful for losing such a beautiful present and that John should have married a “white girl” (as if a “white girl” couldn’t have lost the necklace???) shows how very small-minded you are. I feel very sad for you.

Yes, folks, believe it. Anonymous Central University of North Texas actually said that to me. I don’t know how she fell upon my blog, but I hope it was accidentally and not via linkage of friends’ blogs, or worse yet, someone we actually know.

At first, I thought it might be a joke from someone in our group, as we are all fairly brutal to one another about everything. But there are always obvious over-the-top phrases or in-group references in those comments to let me know who it was. This comment was just for the sake of being bitter and hurtful.

I’ve never received such a mean-spirited comment before. If I feel compelled to leave a comment on a post of a blogger I don’t know, at the very least, I identify myself. So, not only are you stupidly small-minded, but a coward too. Pity.