Got Hope?

I've had several questions via messages and comments asking me if I enjoyed the Royal Wedding. Yes, very much so. I know a lot of people were tired of hearing about all the hype that's been leading up to this day; I know several people who have voiced loudly their concerns that the coverage of William and Kate took precedence over the horrendous flooding and storm damage that has claimed precious lives and caused extensive property damage throughout the U.S.; I know some of my own family members were still questioning my level of sanity when I was still talking about it after school .

1. I get tired of all the hype, too. Then again, I get sick of hearing about American Idol, the Oscars, and global warming. That's why I love the power of a remote control.
2. This storm season has been absolutely, positively horrible. We know one family that lost three family members in an Alabama tornado. Maybe if this wedding was a U.S. event, things would have been covered differently. I don't know. Nobody sent me a memo on that one.
3. I thought it was beautiful. I don't know what else to say. We all know fairy tale endings are a long shot. Maybe that's what makes the fairy tale beginnings so... well, hopeful.

And the Lord knows we all need hope in our lives. My parents needed it when they married forty-five years ago this very day. My family needed it today as we thought of our grandma and what would have been her birthday. I'm going to need it tomorrow when I send my oldest boy off to his first prom.

Good grief, I'll probably be crying at that one, too. As the middle said tonight at supper (while he patted his older brother on the back), "Gonna be another awesome mom moment." They know me so well.

hope: (noun).

 Desire of something good; ground of expectation.

I hope William and Kate have a better ending than Charles and Diana.

I hope these storms are a thing of the past.

I hope Beatrice burns her hat.  =)