So many lessons have been learned in 2022. Lessons on hardship. Perseverance. Power of routine. Trust. Dependence. Gratitude. Gratitude is the greatest lesson I am bringing into this new year. Gratitude in the hardships and the joys of 2022. There were many hardships. Too many to go into here, but enough that there was a … Continue reading Growing in the Waiting
Category: About Me
A Push
I needed that final push. We all do at some point. I haven't shared about my health journey because there hasn't been much of one to share. But, I did want you to know that early this month, I began working out. Maybe if I write about it, it will feel more real and I … Continue reading A Push
Pruning & Weening
Finding place is so much more complicated than I thought. I am trying to find holiness in the suburbs. As I go for a walk through the neighborhood paths, I think of the dust kicking onto my shoes. Dust that was intentionally placed there; knowing that this dust doesn't lie at the foothills of glorious … Continue reading Pruning & Weening
Praying Through the Calendar
Because I am up early on this beautiful Christmas morning, I decided to do a house sweep and pray through the New Year... Just the two of us this year, like many households in 2020. We did our celebrations on Christmas Eve and enjoyed a hot meal. Now, I am up early with a cup … Continue reading Praying Through the Calendar
My Story
Is it possible to be a nomad and a homebody at the same time? Having grown up out west and moving to the east coast, I had hopped between the south and the north through college. After taking a dream job and moving to New York, I was not surprised to fall in love with … Continue reading My Story
Hi, I’m Hope.
This is a very odd time to start a blog. Our current world is very strange and stressed. I am not oblivious to the tension rising and the division happening, but I am choosing to live a counter cultural life-- my life. This is a lifestyle that I know is not for everybody, but it … Continue reading Hi, I’m Hope.
Home with Hope 