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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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How To Be An Effective Sports Parent – Do’s & Don’t

“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…

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06/22/2018
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How a Grandmother’s Love & Dishsoap Reminded Me Change is Inevitable

I grew up with my Grandma Hope always keeping a bottle of green Palmolive dish soap either sitting in the corner of her kitchen sink or neatly tucked under the…

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07/07/2018
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Why You Won’t See Advertising…Yet!

Dear friends, family & “follow” readers, As many of you know, I started my Hopeservations blog 01.01.2018…and am I super excited! To follow up, I started a Hopeservations Facebook page…

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“Kick Back Here” At The Fish Shack

Waiting to sit at yet another one of Florida’s smallest hole in the wall, locals only location, the Fish Shack. You stand in the parking lot or along the storefront…

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01/01/2018
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Happy 100 And Countin’!

So while this might seem a humble start, I am pleased to announce my baby blog has reached 100 subscribers! Now in the scheme of mega-counts and followers, we all…

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    “The Ground-Up Theory” Is a theory that said ancestors of birds ran along the ground, jumping into the air. Wings and feathers then evolved to aid them in propulsion, and flight evolved. The hypothesis is that the forelimb feathers elongated to become more efficient for a variety of reasons. Maybe one can find themself running and jumping, in an effort to fly. Trying to grow their wings. Maybe one already knows how to fly and simply hadn’t for a period of time or purposefully tethered themselves in an effort to stay grounded… Maybe they have forgotten and are now ready to remember. …and maybe still, some never allowed themselves to…

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    I know a girl… You know her too…because she is YOU and she is me too… She is all of us! She is any one of us that is part of the female persuasion! So hear me out…and hopefully this will be read till the end, because it is an important message. Around 2010, I realized I had only so many years till empty nest. Like most moms, my WHOLE WORLD revolved around my children, and rightfully so, they deserve the best mom I can be! After all, I LOVE BEING A MOTHER, and I realized I would be the saddest momma once they moved out! I also realized I…

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    A Hopeful Look at What it Means to “Rank’’ on Google and How to Make it Happen!

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    by Hope Elizabeth Dutton | February 24, 2022 Okay people…I can’t help but be a little excited about this! Not sure what you are looking at? You are looking at a Google search for “volleyball sport mom blog,” “volleyball mom mom,” and “volleyball sport mom.” All three searches RANK either number 1 AND number 2, number 2, OR in the top six! Now you might wonder why this would be a big deal to me or to anyone?!? Bloggers blog…WHICH MEANS WE WRITE…even side hustling bloggers write and quite literally, there are a SEA of us out there swimming the internet. Google uses a pretty complicated set of algorithms to…

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    What a good day to be proud of the progress you’ve made! Whatever that progress may be!!! Started a new job, be proud of it! Started a new business, be proud of it! Grieving yet still made it out of bed, be proud of it! Quit smoking, and it’s Day 2 or 200, be proud of it! Pushed those demon thoughts away, be proud of it! Kept making strides with your work out, be proud if it! Didn’t eat the cookies, be proud of it! Did eat the cookies, and didn’t hate yourself for it, be proud of it! Gained some weight, and working hard to get back, be proud…

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    It is with absolute certainty that I can say,it is between the shadows that we find light. One can’t appreciate the joyful miraculous magical moments in life without having experienced dark shadows! Without light there are no shadows, yet without shadows one wouldn’t know the direction of the light. So while dark times seem just that, dark… …they are necessary because they mark the end to a chapter. Not all endings are painful yet many are and when that occurs they usually reduce us to our humblest point, and require us to search and seek beyond ourselves. YET… They also help us find our light…they bring us to places of…

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    You know what they say, “BUC PRIDE NEVER DIES!” HEY Y’ALL!!! Hope here and so this Hopeservations is a little different!!! That is what is so great about Hopeservations! They can be about ANY little Hopeful Observation we find in life! Okay – so here goes… As many of you know, I am a sport mom, mainly of volleyball!!! As you may also know, I had been a Buccaneer ESE teacher, Department Chair, Cheer Coach, team mom and/or mom in some form or fashion since 1995…and so while, this is my first year not actually on Mainland’s campus, I have been there so long – I’m pretty sure when I…

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    I used to think magic didn’t exist. Until I realized I was magic. Guess what? You are magic too… …so, do not put out your fire simply because someone else doesn’t understand your flame. You continue to surround yourself with the light, never losing hope, and go where your soul feels most alive. The world is full of magic that is patiently waiting for people’s senses to grow sharper…don’t dull yours just because they don’t understand or simply don’t believe. INSTEAD… Be The One… Be the girl they never saw coming. The one who calms and centers and truly claims their heart. The one who leaves a little glittery chaos…

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