I can certainly testify to the value of hope...last year tonight I stayed up until 5 a.m. painting three little wooden cat carvings to match our real kitties.
They were my Christmas gift to CJ...I'd found out only three weeks earlier about OW. I ALMOST wrote him a note with the gift...something along the lines of..."you'll have us with you" (from the cats)...I pictured him putting them somewhere in his new apartment...or pitching them.
But I crumpled that note, with it's negative overtones and let the gift stand on its own. Those kitties have sat on our coffee table ever since.
A year has gone by, our house is decorated, our holiday plans all set...there IS HOPE...thank you for reminding us, and reminding us to be thankful for what we have.
