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About Hopeservations

Hope + Observations = Hopeservations

Welcome to Hopeservations.

A place to find Hope everyday!

My goal is for this blog to become your retreat. An inviting place for those who appreciate stories about spreading hope and sharing observations as we navigate & digest all the perfectly imperfect aspects of life and the Hopeservations we find in these moments.

What is Hopeservations?

Hopeservations are self reflective nourishments to our soul, ever actualizing healthy habits, and the human desire to connect. It’s mindful, meditative moments that help us grow emotionally, intellectually, physically and spiritually. It’s authentic understanding and transparent vulnerability, that delves in to the human perspective about hope, love, laughter, grace, gratitude, compassion, inspiration, learning to let go, stress relief, pick-me ups, travel, motherhood and various aspects of parenting. It offers balanced insight, practices and thoughtful dialogue for ALL humans looking to relate and feel accepted. Hopeservations are any hopeful observation in life.

Who is Hope?

I am a Florida girl, sports mom, wife, teacher by day, freelance blogger by night, intuitive reader, licensed minister, story teller, Harley rider, work out enthusiast, lover of observations, all things coastal, soulful, spiritual, metaphysical, educational, and being real about being human. I have studied and taught abroad in Brighton, England, as well as in Florida. I have been serving teens and helping families in the field of Special Education and Alternative Education in the Florida Dept of Juvenile Justice since 1994. I hold two degrees, in Early Childhood Education and Special Education specializing in Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities. I specialize in developing behavior intervention plans, IEP’s and assisting teens and their families with transition to the post-secondary world. I was a high school competitive cheer coach before my life as a mom! I am a skilled intuitive reader, utilizing many tools and attend metaphysical fairs around the state of Florida. I have studied and practice TM since I was nine and have continued with that practice off and on my whole life! As a life long learner and teacher, there is nothing I love more than to share all I have learned along the way. One of my greatest joys is working with others to mentor, guide, help develop life plans and truly connect on an authentic level in this journey we call life!

So welcome to Hopeservations, where spreading hope and sharing observations come together to be your, “Place To Find Hope Everyday!”

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Hope E. ⚓️

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    Find the WONDER in EVERY Day!

    08/11/2019 /

    “He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” – Albert Einstein HEY Y’ALL! It’s me, Hope here – doing what I do and writing a Hopeservations about it! So check it out… I went to the beach this morning, did my usual early wake up to get there in time. Whoa…was it a beauty! As most of you know by now, this a nearly daily thing. It can last anywhere from five minutes to five hours, depending on my schedule and frame of mind. If time permits and I just want to “BE” – I could…

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    Don’t Call it a Dream, Call it a GOAL!

    07/09/2019 /

    “Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” – Pope John XXIII Hey y’all! Hope here, with a question and a little hopeservation about our kids, sports and being their parent… So I just returned from our annual summer vacation, and jumped right back into the summer swing of life with none other then? You guessed it… VOLLEYBALL!!!   When it got me to thinking, do you remember what you did two years ago today? Turns out,…

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    Boys. They come in all shapes and sizes. Some are neat and deep-thinking, or clumsy, loud and messy. Some are seemingly clueless to the world around them, while others appear fully aware. My boy stands well over six feet tall, towers over me, is skinny to the point I feel like I could wrap my arms around him twice, has long blonde hair past his shoulders and loved donuts! He is blessed with looks that seem older then his years. Yet he is only 12! So this is both a curse and blessing to his world. He is the youngest following behind two sisters – one just a year older…

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    05/30/2019 /

    Okay people this is off my typical Hopeservation topics but that is what’s great about Hopeservations, it can really be an observation about ANY’thing and the thing I’m observing right about now is giving a huge nearly there, year end shout out because we are in the home stretch babeeeee’! All my social media’s (primarily FB) are littered with proud parent’s posting pictures of their children’s accomplishments, graduation status and the like…and yeah…mine are coming too! Oh you betcha they are and thank goodness for them too because it makes the final few days to the finish line well worth it. All the nights checking homework, going through folders, being…

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    Two years ago, during my oldest child’s junior year of high school, it was at the conclusion of her volleyball season, she earned “Most Improved Player” which was a high accolade considering she stepped up and into a completely new position she had never played before as the setter…and then was recognized as one of the “Most Valuable Players” which was an unbelievably high honor considering she was the same girl that made varsity her freshman year with the knowledge that she may not play and in fact did not step foot out onto the court ONCE the ENTIRE season… That 9th grade season the only time she stepped foot…

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    “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks It is that time of year when children, ages 6 to 18, spring youth sports and club seasons are kicking into high gear! So as I reflect on past seasons and prepare for seasons to come, I am provided lots of opportunities to consider both the benefits and challenges to us parents who have kids involved in sports. Just the juggling act of time and finances involved in this “pay to play” type arena is enough of a stretch but ohhhh, the rewards and the enormous amounts of structured, fun family time can’t be beat!…

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      So this evening, I was catching up with an old friend and we were talking about life….when he said, “life is a journey and if I had fun along the way, then that is cool.” I couldn’t entirely disagree with him. I mean, I am a big proponent of living life with the journey in mind and not simply the destination. After all, we have been taught that it is the journey that is most important but in our western culture we also get very caught up in the destination. I personally am a journey type of gal, but of course the destination or as I prefer to think…

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    …when your oldest comes to you at the end of a long day and asks for a hug. You gladly wrap your arms around your newly adult child yet you sense the weight of the world on her shoulders. So you ask, “what’s wrong baby, are you okay?” and she mumbles “no” into your shoulder, then proceeds to cry while snuggling in deeper…and in that split second, instinctive mom moment you know where all the weight is coming from. You hear their fragile feelings through the unspoken quivers and between the muffled sobs. You just hold them tight, let them cry those big tears…and tell them it is okay, everything…

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