Tag Archives: Hope

I’ve worked eight of the last nine days. During that time, chaos has taken on a new meaning. Local law enforcement visited my library two days last week concerning two separate incidents. Then I hit a deer and considerably damaged my liability only vehicle. That night letters came from Toyota ...

I adore Christmas. I love everything about it. I love being able to go out to the store filled with the hustle and bustle of people doing their shopping, Christmas carols playing over the speakers in the stores and all the Christmas decorations all over. I also love to pull ...

I remember being eighteen years old and people asking me questions about my future. What college was I going to attend? What course of study or major was I going to pursue? How did I plan to use my degree after graduation? I was excited to talk about the future. ...

Life does not always go the way we expect it or even want it to go. Disappointments happen. I dreamed of being a stay-at-home wife/mother; I am a full-time librarian. I wanted children; I’m unable to have them. I planned to convert my parent’s barn into a house and live ...

‘Why are you downcast, O my soul?  Why so disturbed within me?  Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.’  Psalm 43:5 (NIV) Hope is such an important word, a big word.  It’s a word that encompasses our emotions.  It portrays a ...