At the bottom of Pandora’s box was hope. I have a friend that is in a really bad place. I lost one friend this year to my own stubbornness, I might lose another to … well, to be honest, I just don’t know.

There are defining moments in life; this week is one of them. Unfortunately, the results are more painful than triumphant.

Still, there is hope. Hope that whatever is wrong can be fixed. Hope that the fractured lives can mend in time. Hope that while things will never be the same, at least there can be a future. In the worst of time, hope is what we cling to.