Tis the season to be hyper aware of the small creatures of wonder we call kids! Recently my wife and I have been spending more time with our grandkids, age 2 and almost 5. Their wide-eyed enthusiasm is naive and full of accepting fearlessness. I keep asking myself, when and why do we grow up […]
I didn’t know what to expect of my audience with Santa. It had been years since I have sat with him. So Bill Kinnebrew turned out to be everything I expected, physically and emotionally. Bill has an infectious hopeful spirit. Jolly does not describe him accurately. He has no bowls full of jelly in sight, […]
Esperance Uwayirege TaylorEsperance was five years old and running in a forest a few miles away from her parents impressive compound in Rwanda that had been transformed into to a refugee camp for people of that country and others who were victims of government repression, cultural brutality, racism, domestic violence and human trafficking. While running, […]
At year end I want to thank everyone for the support and interest in this discussion about Hope. I have learned a lot and now know that there is much more to hear about how Hope effects us all. When I hear young sixteen year old Lexi Sanders say “I don’t know what Hope is, […]
Hope Can Survive Death, If You Bring It Back to Life. The first things I learned about Troy King were that he had a passion for yoga, and he’s good both in front of and behind the camera. Troy is a Branding specialist from Atlanta, and I met him on a photo shoot in Puerto Rico, where he was the creative and […]
Michael Scoggins saves his Grandfather with Hope. He is really close to his Grandfather who is 61 and has his own HVAC company. Michael has been working with him since he was 10. The grandfather always had two jobs and would say “sleeping was for rich folks”. The other day he called to say […]
