Hope is often misunderstood. Hope, as the longing for better days which delay coming, for the promissed blessings which do not materialize in this life, for the strength to cope with our challenges which very often doesn't cut it, our idealized expections of hope sometimes leave us feeling hopeless. I hadn't seen her in several months. I heard of her husband's terminal illness and ultimate death. I heard she had gone back to work. I signed a card of condolence and meant to sp