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Living With Intention

• November 27th, 2006

There has been a lot of loss in my community of late. A mother suddenly dies in England whose daughter is one of my closest friends, a former employee of Hope House, and a creative and energetic force in my neighborhood died at 38 years of age, barely a year after being diagnosed with cancer, and then a person we support passed away within six months of learning he had leukemia. All within a span of 2 weeks. So much sadness crammed within a tiny space of life.

I spoke with my friend in the UK and told her how much I wanted to be there, she assured me that by coming there in a few weeks as planned would be better. I asked her why and she said because that’s when I will need you most, when everyone else is gone. Makes sense I suppose. Being there when everyone else is gone, I guess that’s one of the things I want to do here at Hope House, I want us to be there, to occupy the empty spaces of loneliness, grief, and fear when we are needed most… and even more importantly to know when that is.