Annette anakhala moyo wosadya zamasamba kwa zaka 54, koma pambuyo pake anasintha kadyedwe kake n’kukhala nyama, kenako n’kuyambanso kudya zakudya zosaphika. Mwachibadwa, zakudya zake zochokera ku zomera siziphatikizanso nyama, ndipo zakudya zonse zomwe amadya sizimatenthedwa ndi kutentha. Mkaziyo amakonda mtedza waiwisi, "tchipisi" za zukini zosaphika, tsabola wokometsera, ndipo samadya uchi, chifukwa ndi chinthu chowotchera cha timadzi tokoma ndi njuchi. Annette akuti sikunachedwe kuti muyambe kusangalala ndi moyo wosadya nyama.
Annette anati: “Ndikudziwa kuti sindidzakhala ndi moyo kosatha, koma ndikuyesetsa kukhala ndi moyo wabwino. “Ngati mudya chinachake mumkhalidwe wake waiwisi, n’zomveka kuti mumapeza zakudya zambiri.”
Annette amalima masamba ake ambiri, zitsamba ndi zipatso kuseri kwa nyumba yake ku Miami-Dade ku South Florida. Kuyambira Okutobala mpaka Meyi, amakolola mbewu zambiri za letesi, tomato komanso ginger. Amasamalira yekha dimba, zomwe akuti zimamupangitsa kukhala wotanganidwa.
Mwamuna wa Annette, Amos Larkins, ali ndi zaka 84. Amamwa mankhwala a kuthamanga kwa magazi ndi shuga. Sipanapite zaka 58 zaukwati pamene adagwira mafunde a mkazi wake ndikusintha yekha kudya zakudya zamasamba. Amanong'oneza bondo kuti sanachite msanga.
“O Mulungu wanga, ndikumva bwino kwambiri. Ndi kuthamanga kwa magazi tsopano zonse nzabwino! Amosi adavomereza.
Annette adalemba mabuku atatu panjira yopita ku moyo wathanzi ndipo adawonekera pamawayilesi angapo a kanema ndi wailesi, kuphatikiza The Steve Harvey Show ndi Tom Joyner Morning Show. Ali ndi zake, komwe mutha kuyitanitsa mabuku ake ndi makhadi opatsa moni, zomwe amadzipangira yekha, ndi njira, pomwe amasindikiza zoyankhulana zake.