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All of the Best Hope Quotes to Lift You Up

Paula — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:07:00 +0000

These days hope is either nowhere or everywhere you look. I choose everywhere. Now is not an easy time at all. Many are worrying over jobs and health and the global pandemic of course. So, I thought these hope quotes could be slightly comforting right now. Of course, I am fully aware that hope quotes are mighty small arrows in the quiver when it comes to all the insults being hurled our way right now. Without hope we are all aimless wanderers on a shared planet. I choose hope always. What’s your favourite hopeful quote? Famous Authors “Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.” ― Emily Dickinson Anne Frank “It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” ― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl Tom Bodett “They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” ― Tom Bodett Gilbert K. Chesterton “To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton Alfred Lord Tennyson “Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier’…” ― Alfred Lord Tennyson Post may contain affiliate links as a service to readers. I receive a small commission on qualifying links. Writer and Author Barbara Kingsolver “The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.” ― Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams “Hope is a renewable option:If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver Robert Fulghum “I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” ― Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts On Common Things Laini Taylor “Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.” ― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone L.M.Montgomery “My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Roy T. Bennett “Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart Amy Tan “We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming – well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.” ― Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses Francis Bacon “Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.” ― Francis Bacon Leonard Cohen – Canadian Poet, Singer and Icon There is a crack in everything.That’s how the light gets in.” ― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968 Religious Figures and Philosophers Dalai Lama XIV “There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.” ― Dalai Lama XIV Kierkegaard “Hope is passion for what is possible.” – Soren Kierkegaard Anonymous “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” ― Anonymous, Holy Bible: King James Version Nhat Hanh Well this one is incredibly appropriate, isn’t it? “If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today” – Nhat Hanh Politicians, Presidents If you are looking for more inspirational quotes, check out these mental health quotes. President Obama “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” ― Barack Obama A Few Final Thoughts Helen Keller “Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” – Helen Keller Stephen King – Master of Suspense and Thrillers “Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” ― Stephen King

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The Ontario Fertility Program – Jacquie’s Story #IVF4ON

Paula — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 14:02:07 +0000

This month marks the first anniversary of The Ontario Fertility Program. The highly anticipated program has increased access to fertility treatment for many in Ontario who previously couldn’t afford the cost of assisted reproductive therapy. The Ontario Fertility Program has helped about 5,000 patients. It has given hope to many infertility patients, closure to some, and it has made family a reality for thousands like Jacquie. More than 50 clinics in the province offer the Ontario Fertility Program for patients who qualify. You must have a valid Ontario health card and be under 43 to access the program. Patients who qualify are eligible for one IVF cycle per lifetime. The Ontario Fertility Program has made all the difference in the world to many infertility patients like Jacquie. Jacquie asked to remain anonymous because culturally, she said, it’s still not acceptable to share infertility experience. “No one in my family or friends circle know that we suffered with infertility. My background is Indian, and most people don’t talk about their fertility struggles.” The Ontario Fertility Program launched in December 2015. Jacquie was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism, and Poly-cystic Ovary Syndrome, (PCOS) a condition where the ovaries sometimes produce many cysts and irregular periods are common. It is the most common endocrine disorder for women in their reproductive years. Jacquie is a medical secretary. Her husband works in the service industry. Both work full time and they only recently managed to save money to buy a condominium in the Toronto area. Although both work full time they were not anticipating the cost of paying for IVF when they took out a mortgage. Borrowing more money to do treatment was not an option. Dr. Marjorie Dixon, a well known Toronto fertility doctor at ANOVA Fertility, recognized that they were a couple who qualified for the Ontario Fertility program. Jacquie’s experience with the Ontario Fertility Program has been a good one. “All the doctors, and nurses were super helpful and always were willing to help and answer questions.” [tweetthis]Jacquie waited only about three months to start the Ontario Fertility Program #IVF4ON [/tweetthis] The soon-to-be Mom says she is currently feeling great. The start of the pregnancy was rocky with hyperemesis gravidarum. She had to take 2 months off work because of the amount of vomiting and nausea she had. It got better at 16 weeks, and eventually went away at 26 weeks. In the New Year, Jacquie says looking forward to the chance to be a Mom and can’t wait to meet the new baby. Jacquie doesn’t know whether the baby will be a boy or girl and she’s looking forward to being surprised. “The funding has meant so much to so many women suffering from infertility. They are finally able to get a chance at IVF if they were not able to afford. The Ontario Fertility Program meant we could access treatment and have a chance at building a family.” Hope For Others Starting in the Ontario Fertility Program Asked what she would tell infertility patients who are still hoping to do a funded IVF cycle, she said: “My advice is stay positive and patient. From my IVF cycle, I had 18 follicles, 7 mature eggs only and 1 Embryo. I had no hope as to that 1 embryo would work as most people get a couple. My embryo was frozen on day 3, and thankfully it worked when I did the transfer. Don’t lose hope; Anything can happen.” You can follow the group Conceivable Dreams on line and learn more about the Ontario Fertility Program. http://www.twitter.com/ivf4on/ and http://www.conceivabledreams.org/

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Growing Pains and Grace Notes – Raising A Daughter

Paula — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 06:46:55 +0000

Look away if you aren’t the kind of person who likes sentiment. It’s been a long time since I posted one of these stories about my life, my kids, snapshots of us, the Growing Pains and grace notes inside the nutty every day chaos of parenting, and growing youth, not kids, not toddlers, young adolescents. My girls amaze me more than they know most days. Their strength is apparent to me, their Mom, and yet they very often don’t see it themselves. Some strange warped tween and teen girl mirror only lets them see first the tiny little mistakes, then the itty bitty fleeting things that are but a milli-second in the course of a lifetime. A pimple, an errant curl, a dry patch of skin. This, I know well is teen and tween girl reality. I was a teen girl once and I remember time spent agonizing over tiny, meaningless, things. Things that weigh nothing when you hold them. Things that cannot be held or hugged or loved. I now know though that these are not even a drop in the bucket of lifetime memories. The other day my beautiful oldest girl asked me as I dropped her off at high school: “What university do you think I should go to?” I wanted to say the one right here. The one that lets you stay here in our home for longer. Instead I did that Mom thing I do where I think first of her and second of me and say: “Ottawa has an amazing bilingual program. Guelph if you truly want to be a veterinarian. Here, if you want to be a teacher because the teaching course here is one of the best.” I add: “Of course there are no bilingual programs here. If you really want to keep your French language skills then Ottawa might be the best option, and it is such a beautiful city.” And my high school freshman disappears into the school where she spends so much of her time growing her brain, her social circle, becoming all she is meant to be. I am left sitting thinking HOW is it possible a life speeds by this fast? How is it that children defy laws of the universe, breaking barriers of sound and speed, battering a parent’s heart into a different shape. Sometimes Moms get growing pains too. I dreamed of a baby for so long and then she was there and I spent entire seasons just taking pictures, back in the day before digital photography. Lying beside her on the living room floor shooting pictures on an old Minolta, later to be developed at the local drug store or Costco across town. Every event, every milestone captured in triplicate. First time she reached for a sip cup. Then first roll over. First bike. First day of school. When I close my eyes I can easily find grade nine awkwardness hidden in one of the regions of my brain. That 14-year-old girl in limbo feeling, of where am I going, what am I doing and why can’t I get there faster? I was that girl. I couldn’t get out of high school fast enough. I read everything I could regarding university. I planned, charted and read. Then I studied university catalogues, both as my nighttime reading material and my dreamy afternoon go to escape. If I wish to be a doctor, I will go here. If I choose to be a lawyer I will go to Toronto area and get into law school and if I want to be a journalist Waterloo then Conestoga College, Ryerson, maybe? Mapping my future out daily, I knew just how it would happen. AND I knew I’d make it happen. My older daughter is not quite there yet and I thank God for that. We are mostly comfortable. Spacious home, a pool in the yard, a room big enough to dream in and things to do in the meantime. Homework, martial arts, school, babysitting, singing, theatre. So many trips I still hope to take with my family now, and maybe later too, when she is my grownup daughter headed towards a life with her own family. So many moments right now feature this leading lady Independence and her understudy Teenage Stubbornness. New milestones to meet every week. Sometimes I see results of hard work and parenting and the many sleepless nights. Sometimes I wonder, I hope and I keep repeating the rules, the goals, the lessons hope she takes with her for a life beyond this van, this city and this home. Growing Pains There are still a lot of things I want to say to my daughter. I wish you’d stayed small a bit longer. I wish I’d been able to pick you up into my arms and carry you from the car to your bed at least a dozen more times. Wish you’d fallen asleep curled up on my chest weeks longer. But I’m also happy you grew, learned and walked on time. I hope you know endless, unconditional love is here in my arms and my heart for you, as long as I am alive and then some. Some days I wonder who feels growing pains more? The mother or the daughter? There are days when you are gone to school, like today, when I swear I can see the future and I start to miss you already before you are even gone. If I had your ear all day long I would tell you this: Stop, Feel, Breathe, Take some time just to be, Taste, Love, Hug More, Draw, Kiss, Hold Hands, Hold on, Dance, Twirl, Laugh, Read, Giggle, Travel, But Always Come Back, Believe, You are more than enough, Ignore Pimples, split ends, boys and girls who do not get you, Be Loud, Be Proud, Be Brave, Be Careful too when the occasion demands it, Be Smart as You Already are, Be Creative, Trust Me When I say that you will be my daughter even when you can’t see me, Sing, Let Your Voice Run Free, Because it is a Gift, Remember to Be, Just Be, And Be my girl as long as you can.

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