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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…