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Category: Purpose and founders of Hope House

Walking the Circle of Grief

I have walked the circle of grief around many friends. It’s not a journey I’d ever wish for them or myself, yet I was honored every time I have walked […]

A Good Place

Whatever your preference and habits with faith and worship with a church family, we wanted to share a glimpse into one Hope House founder’s heart through something he recently shared […]

The Dream of Hope

What began as a discussion among 3 grieving couples about how great it would be to have a cabin they could share as a place to “get away” has quickly […]

We Have Land!

Special thanks to all the private donors, churches, community organizations, and businesses who have sponsored Hope House of Central Illinois and made it possible for us to purchase the land […]

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 […]

The Birth of a Dream – Hope House….

Smoky Mountain trip. Shame and social anxiety in grief. Danny’s death. Phoebe is sick. Joking about a vacation home. Making it mean something. The birth of a Dream. When dreams […]