the HOPE chronicles blog

Disclaimer: This is not an advertisement for Facebook. However, I want to mention the fact that my love for inspiration, religion and music has placed me in a position to meet new “ friends” this year. Friends from various parts of the US and friends across the “Pond”; the UK and Belgium. This would not…

I’m a problem solver. I found myself solving problems and being resourceful since being a pre teen. It fell into my lap. My mom, as hard as she tried, oftentimes gave up once she received a “no”. Well… maybe not immediately, but after she felt she exhausted all options. On the surface that sounds normal.…

We often give testimony of something we’ve gone through after the fact. While the listening audience is left in awe and hope, there are more than a few questions that linger in the mind: how did they get through this? More importantly, What were they focused on while going through the experience? While The Hope…

It’s often said the people who take their life are the ones that seem to have the most going for them. The strong ones. So naturally, it is a shock to the ones left behind -wondering what they could have done to stop it. In the last few weeks there have been a number of…

Finding hope in the wake of a devastating situation seems to be a daunting task for most of us—especially for those of us who have low expectations of ourselves to begin with. In my blog of last week I discussed the Pygmalion Effect : a phenonmenon where individuals perform to the level of expectation placed…

Did I mention I cry every Tuesday ? At 8:05? Just kidding! I borrowed that snappy one-liner from an exchange in beloved mid-eighties sitcom, The Golden Girls. After providing her roommates with poor romantic advice, Rue McClanahan’s character, Blanche, confides in Betty White’s character, Rose, that despite the glamour of her fast-paced dating life, the…

Dear readers, I’m baaaack! For those of you who are new to this blog, allow me to introduce The Hope Chronicles: Redux.  To give you some perspective on why I decided to relaunch the blog, I direct you to an email—that’s right, an email—my mom sent in response to my farewell article in 2007: The…