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The Future of Hope
thefutureofhope.wordpress.com
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The Evolution of My Mind: Daily Ramblings, Poetry, Short Stories, Photo Stories, Requests and Challenges, etc. A little something for everyone!
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From the Storm A Butterfly Flew

Long has it been since I’ve felt super. Be it super Mom, Friend, Wife, or importantly Super Self. Trials and tests are hard and breaking. If we never shed our minds and souls the way lizards sh...

24 may 12

Of The Things We Can’t Control

Over the last month I have learned: That being the bigger person isn’t always the right thing to do. That doing the right thing isn’t always the good thing. That if you forgive a liar wit...

23 may 12

Weekly Letter: May 13- 19

Dear Aunt Flow, There is no other way to say this except bluntly. I hate you. I despise you so much I refuse to call you Aunt. Anyway, we aren’t even related. Don’t both with the “b...

16 may 12

Ride or Die For Life

Meet Sara. Also known as Sarabear. Also known as my bestie. Also known as my (pseudo) Sister. Because I love her so, I did this: My family took me to the airport at 5AM. I took my first steps in an a...

02 may 12

She Has More Color Than a Box of Crayolas

So last night, when most people are sleeping, I was tending baby. When baby went to sleep I decided to indulge my impulsive behaviors and color my hair! I threw together a poll and I got a few people...

22 apr 12

A Quick Question and Only a Few Minutes to Answer…

Just answer the questions below. QUICKLY! Pick a Base color.   Pick a Highlight color.   We’ll see you on the flip side!!   Chrystalyn Filed under: DailyIdeas, Poll Tagged: Base,...

21 apr 12

Wow Me Wednesday WHAT?

Whoops it is Thursday again. I hardly recognized because my sinuses and allergies are raging. Seriously. I haven’t felt this bad in a couple years. I only know this because I have the vague mem...

19 apr 12

Thirteen Things about Tornado Alley

I originally wrote this piece a year to the day. On Thursday, April 14, 2o11 my boys and myself were hunkered down in my Mimi’s closet with a Tornado in a town over and rotation a mile away. Sa...

14 apr 12

Whoops! Wow me Wednesday Was Yesterday…

Hello there! I’ve missed you! I have been incredibly busy this week. The Hubster and I are now on our way to being homeowners!!!! Happy Dance! So, as you can imagine this is taking up MOST of o...

12 apr 12

Of Fame and Fortune

The cacophony of music and applause rings throughout the theater. She stands with a smile and gracefully begins to glide to the stage. I’m a star. I am famous. I’m everyone’s favori...

08 apr 12

In Tune

In Tune “Thaneks fer beain so erm loyeawl in awl Ma’em.” He said with the red rising in his cheeks while trying to hide his toothless grin. He opened the antique Grand, pressed on a...

08 apr 12

Meth or Death

Meth or Death His legs, twigs compared to the athletic build he bore just a year before, lift him clumsily into the dark tub. Relentlessly they scream at him. Death reaches for him. He shoves the han...

08 apr 12

Meet This Trifectan

I am competitive by nature. Competition brings out the best and worst in people. Writing competitions help us put our best work out there and also helps us realize the worst about our own skill. Such...

06 apr 12

Teaching Apologies is an Art

It’s been a long week at the Hope home. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday. Living with 4 boys under the age of 8 will always be eventful and tiring. That said being a parent is also hard, tirin...

06 apr 12

The Residents

The Residents My head ‘s spinning. The noise is loud and indistinguishable. I look around, confused. I see fiery brown flames, the sepia car smashed to bits, and tan people walking to help. I g...

04 apr 12

The Box and The Orb

“And when the day arrives I’ll become the sky and I’ll become the sea and the sea will come to kiss me for I am going home. Nothing can stop me now.” Trent Reznor (Click for m...

03 apr 12

"Live Long and Prosper" My Son

Reblogged from The Future of Hope: I think I finally figured out my 6 and a half-year old son. He isn’t Autistic. He is Vulcan. Okay, wait for the eye rolls and criticisms. I am not going to ge...

02 apr 12

BIC

BIC He dragged her flailing body by her hair. She saw his scars proving his determination. At the sound of the lighter she fought. She smelled the singed hair and sulfur. She was burning. Chrystalyn ...

31 mar 12

The Gift

This weekend’s Trifextra Week Ten Writing Challenge: “Write a horror story in 33 words, without the words blood, scream, died, death, knife, gun, or kill. Good luck.” Here is my second entry:   ...

31 mar 12

Mass

This weekend’s Trifextra Challenge/ Competition: “Write a horror story in 33 words, without the words blood, scream, died, death, knife, gun, or kill. Good luck.” Mass The smell was...

31 mar 12

And My Dead Heart Smiles

here I am once more. Saturday night. Home. Nothing. No one. Another telling me how horrible I am. Another pushing my soul to deeper black. Hotter hell. Pain is burrowing further. Sorrow is becoming a...

31 mar 12

11. A Cutter’s Secrets Craft

Her demons dance on closed eyelids. The pain drives deep and deeper still. She bites her lip while her finger tips make the tiny blade twirl, teasing her fingertips. Such a lovely gift her grandmoth...

27 mar 12

Weekly Letter 3/25- 3/31

Dear Mother Nature, I love how complex your workings are. So much so that I have tried to teach my children that everything has its importance in life and death. With this being said, we prefer life....

26 mar 12

“It All Depends on Luck, Fate, or Circumstances”

Only one hundred more miles to go. She pressed on the gas just to go fast enough before the governor shut her down. Her long straight black hair frenzied as she rushed the wind. The blood was pooling...

24 mar 12

Living Dreams Within Dreams

    To say I went on vacation would be a dream. With much ado I have worked harder in the last few weeks than I have since summer. Actually, summer is never that bad because it is SUMMER; h...

24 mar 12

Conversations with God

Sometimes talking to God is simply expressing yourself in the truest forms to anything or anyone listening. The words of spirituality and soul can be as simple as tears falling, a smile trying to bre...

14 mar 12

Whispered Thoughts Unspoken

Whispered Thoughts Unspoken In a world of bridges and burning where the war of water wages I am simply forgotten, mistaken a fool’s muse among ideologic sages * The speculation of divinity amon...

11 mar 12

Say it Saturday: Watching Competitions with the Hubster

We have talked about how my Husby tries to entertain himself with antics of Humble Pie and with telemarketers. Well he also likes to interact with either television or radio shows that ask questions ...

11 mar 12

Not a Screw You but a Thank You

I am done pleasing others. Never have I received such an audience. You all are very warm, welcoming, and accepting. I couldn’t ask for better readers. I am beyond grateful for the community of ...

08 mar 12

The Dissemination (of Thought) Files: Mummy blog truths and Wonder Woman boots

Reblogged from The Dissemination of Thought: Today in The Dissemination (of Thought) Files, I interview Chrystalyn Hope, author of The Future of Hope. We’re going to discuss Scorsese, her Lass...

07 mar 12

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