The Colors of Hope

“Milk and honey ’til we get our fill, I’ll keep chasing it, I always will. Sooner or later, I swear we’ll make it there. Sooner than later, sooner or later.” ~ Mat Kearney

It was the season of no flowers. The earth had drunk no rain during that sweet summer, and what normally would have been a magnificent garden of beautiful blooms was thirsty, faded foliage. There were no azaleas to be seen. Instead, a gorgeously green, weeping willow tree set the scene for a momentous photo shoot.

There they were on that day of black and white happiness: just kids, seeing the world through those green, untested eyes. They smiled and jumped high into the air, returning to earth about a half second later. That snapshot, captured between jump and land, represented the dreams that were taking flight in their minds. Like Gatsby seeing the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock, those kids were reaching for hope…

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I Hope Abundance And The ’90s Will Always Be Trending

My mom, two sisters, and I stood inside, looking out the large windows of the airport. Our dad was making his way towards an airplane that would take him far away from us for a whole month. Japan. None of us had ever been overseas. None of us had ever even flown at the time, except for the one time my dad had ridden in a small plane. And now here he was taking a trip over 6,000 miles away…

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