Hope..........

I am learning so much about hope. Tragedy and heartache will happen to each and every one of us. How we come out "on the other side", is up to us, and us alone.

There have been times when I just couldn't "keep on swimming"... those were the times I grabbed onto the nearest "rope", (my family, my friends, my SOS family) and held on for dear life.

Most recently, I couldn't find a rope no matter how hard I tried to find one. I discovered, these are the times you have "no choice" but to "let go, let God" ((Alffe))

But more, these are the times when you must entwine all that you have left, to make your own "rope". As important as hope is, it is useless without the want, desire and drive, to reach for it.