-Red -
I hope all day. I hope I'm busy. I hope I'm not too busy. I hope we have money. I hope the mailbox is kind to us. I hope I have enough gas to make it to cheaper gas. I hope dinner is ready. I hope for this. I hope for that. And then hope that I hoped enough.
Hope can drive me insane.
I don't know what I would do without hope though. Hope in people to get better. Hope in life that it'll turn around. Hope that God actually knows what he is doing. Hope in this story we are writing.
Today I hoped the best for my little Laedin Grace as she started kindergarten. The last 5 years flew by and I can only imagine how fast the next 13 will go.
Walking into school with her back pack on, nap mat in hand, lunch packed, hair done...she was excited and I was the nervous one. I hoped she wouldn't cry. Hoped she would look the principal in the eyes and shake his hand. Hoped she would make friends. Hoped she would eat fast enough at lunch. Hope, hope, hope.
She did good. She put up with my endless pictures and hugs. I said goodbye 100 times, but she was already coloring. I started hoping she wouldn't forget who I was.
I passed a lot of other parents and kids filled with the new hope a school year brings. I sat in my car, took a few deep breaths, and started driving. Hope keeps me going. She's writing an incredible story that has endless possibilities and that makes me smile.
"Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."
-Andy Dufresne-
Ill never stop hoping the best for her (or her sister). She's going to drive me insane with hope. I know because everyone is constantly telling me to "wait until she becomes a teenager"...but that's okay because I really do believe hope is a good thing. And she will always have her mom and dad's hope...
I hear she has to go back tomorrow and I'm already hoping it goes well!!!
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I cannot image a better dad to be hoping for an awesome daughter.
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