HOPE IS THE FEELING YOU HAVE THAT THE FEELING YOU HAVE ISN’T PERMANENT*

What are you hoping for? I think about hope a lot lately. I remember watching Anne of Green Gables years ago (the Canadian one with Megan Follows, which is BRILLIANT, and which I STILL have on VHS, even though we haven’t even had a VCR since years back) and Marilla’s response to Anne saying that she was in the depths of despair and asking Marilla if she had ever been in the depths of despair, and Marilla responded, “to despair is to turn your back on God”. Which shut Anne up, I think. And even though I am no longer...