My blog today is short. Mostly because I am trying to keep it within the rules and to keep my sentiment from sounding political. But I just can’t write about anything else.

I am so very worried about our country. At the same time, however, I am choosing to be hopeful.

When my kids were young, we used to say that being angry was a choice. Of course, not right in the emotional moment – but right afterwards. I would ask them – “how does it feel to be angry”? And they would respond on cue – “not good”. So then, make a choice to not be angry, we said.

Today I apply that choice to hope. I am choosing to be hopeful that our future will find a way to bridge a divide that appears almost, but not quite, too deep to heal.

Now I hope that you will all join me in not making my blog political and choosing to be hopeful with me.