We often use the words happy  and hope  interchangeably, but they aren’t quite the same. Happiness can be a moment, a warm cup of coffee, a sunny afternoon, or a good laugh with a friend. Living in the present. Hope, though? Hope runs deeper; it is future-oriented. Hope steadies us and connects us to purpose. Happiness may flutter in and out daily, but hope roots us like a big ole tree, hundreds of years old that has stood the test of time. In my world, where dogs nap at my f