tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683700514997462882.post7062365429747624648..comments2023-11-03T04:45:55.068-06:00Comments on Samantha's Mom- Life with love, and loss and me: “Hope is the dream of a soul awake.”HeatherShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703395031550941003noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683700514997462882.post-80566257172580018462010-10-18T13:11:28.198-06:002010-10-18T13:11:28.198-06:00Emily Dickinson said, "Hope is a thing with w...Emily Dickinson said, "Hope is a thing with wings." So the butterfly is an apt image. And, since someone else quoted the Bible, I will too. The book of Proverbs says, "A hope deferred will make the heart grow sick." I think you've experienced both--great hope, and hope deferred, and both broke your heart. But hope is what gets us up in the morning, and hope is what keeps us going. And the absence of hope is what makes us despair. So, I too, will hold hope in my heart for you. At the end of the day, it's all we've got. Well, and a glass of wine, which, frankly, is just enough hope for the moment.Heatherhttp://www.getbornmag.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683700514997462882.post-52659125592656553772010-10-15T08:28:05.912-06:002010-10-15T08:28:05.912-06:00Heather, two of the Chilean miners claim that the...Heather, two of the Chilean miners claim that they stopped to observe a tiny white butterfly - and that simple action saved their lives... There is hope. And butterflies. Love you, GUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476206587843852492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683700514997462882.post-79184690405653419882010-10-14T07:00:34.104-06:002010-10-14T07:00:34.104-06:00Heather, I HOPE you will keep writing and spinning...Heather, I HOPE you will keep writing and spinning meaning from everyday events. I was proud of your dad yesterday and I was proud of you, too. It was fun to watch the two of you "work the room" together. . .so very much alike, you two. I know it meant the world to him that you were there. I HOPE and KNOW that you will continue to walk out of the darkness and into the light. . .just like the miners. And you keep shining a light for the rest of us, showing us the way. Love, CyndeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683700514997462882.post-31058967592629954792010-10-14T01:21:33.546-06:002010-10-14T01:21:33.546-06:00Again, your writing is so moving! It brings to min...Again, your writing is so moving! It brings to mind a verse from the Bible. "Three things will last forever: Faith, hope, and love. But, the greatest of these is love."<br /><br />I don't know how people cope with loss without these three! We don't know God's plans for us or why things happen as they do, but what a comfort to know that we will all be together with our family again in heaven thanks to Jesus's love! <br /><br />Hope and faith and love.....Such power there! You are truly an inspiration, Heather! xoxoxUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15361681554007117286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683700514997462882.post-64919668161529202722010-10-13T22:01:54.467-06:002010-10-13T22:01:54.467-06:00A friend of mine who lost her child once said, &qu...A friend of mine who lost her child once said, "If you don't have hope, you have nothing." It seems to me that you have seen the "nothing" but have had "everything." I will hope with you.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683700514997462882.post-74294949346703913502010-10-13T21:58:02.203-06:002010-10-13T21:58:02.203-06:00This puts my restless mind in such a good place be...This puts my restless mind in such a good place before bed. You give me hope. Your own search for hope...it's just very inspiring.Deanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695982965264794769noreply@blogger.com