: About Me

Hope is a Director of Christian Education in WI, where she lives with her husband Chris and cat Gandalf. They enjoy the hiking and outdoors available in the summertime, but are not enjoying shivering through another cold winter as much.  She also has taken up clogging, which contrary to popular belief has nothing to do with wooden shoes but is similar to tap dancing. 

Throughout her life, Hope has enjoyed traveling. Starting at age 15, she has spent time overseas in Germany, England, and Taiwan, plus surrounding countries that she got to visit along the way.

My passion is ...

travel and Jesus.

I know too much about ...

frequent flier miles.

My parents always told me ...

to do my best and not worry about the outcome.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be President of the US.

My favorite memory ...

is of the semester that I spent studying in England.

Why I write ...

because I have always enjoyed and been good at writing, and I'm happy to find an outlet now that I'm outside the academic setting!

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Shack.

My first job ...

was as a paper carrier, starting at age 9.

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