Upcoming Community Event!

Hope House is hosting a community event at the Visionway Christian School Gymnasium (at 1124 N Webster St. Taylorville, IL). We would like to invited anyone who has experienced loss […]

Open The Doors in ’24!

Hello friends of Hope House and Happy 2024. We pray your year is off to a wonderful start. It is that time of year when we send out our annual […]

Like a Tree

I was invited by a daily reading on this chilly December morning to find reasons to have joy. To see the goodness and love of God in life and this […]

Your “one day” could be today.

One day there will be no more sorrow. No more heartbreak. No more weeping. There will be a day these are permanently gone. There are days in my life now […]

The birth of a dream

The years 2013 and 2014 were life changers. We and our friends became part of this unorganized and unofficial  club no one wants to be a part of, Parents of […]

Painful Endings…..

December 2012 was an exciting and scary month. We were excited to be pregnant but scared of another miscarriage. Nonetheless, our dreaming began. We were hoping for a healthy daughter. […]

The Beginning…

It would be the epitome of conceit to believe that we at Hope House (and especially me, Monica, as a writer) could be the voice of every grieving parent out […]

What do you see?

We have all seen them. Those social media ink blot type photos that you are  supposed to stare at for 30 seconds then look away, blink three times, and see […]

When The Emotional Storms Rage

Most of life’s storms are not the type you see in nature. They are emotional. Spiritual. Affecting the heart and soul. At times even taking a tole on a person’s […]