Lend Me Your Hope

Lend Me Your Hope (Author Unknown)

Lend me your hope for a while,
I seem to have mislaid mine.
Lost and hopeless feelings accompany me daily,
pain and confusion are my companions.
I know not where to turn.

Looking ahead to future times
does not bring forth images of renewed hope.

I see troubled times,
pain-filled days,
and more tragedy.
Lend me your hope for a while,
I seem to have mislaid mine.

Hold my hand and hug me;
listen to all my ramblings,
recovery seems so far distant.
The road to healing
seems like a long and lonely one.
Lend me your hope for a while,
I seem to have mislaid mine.

Stand by me,
offer me your presence,
your heart and your love.
Acknowledge my pain,
it is so real and ever present.
I am overwhelmed
with sad and conflicting thoughts.

Lend me your hope for a while.
A time will come when I will heal,
and I will share my renewal,
hope and love with others.

CHS of WV Father’s Day Campaign

Children’s Home Society of West Virginia cares for West Virginia’s neediest children every day through our emergency child shelters, foster homes and multiple community base service programs. The fear and uncertainty these children face in their lives existed well before the pandemic and will continue once the rest of us get back to some sense of normalcy. But you can help change all that by supporting the children we serve through our “Take 5 to Give $5—Fathers…Our First Heroes” on-line fundraising campaign in honor of Father’s Day, 2020. In this new era of long distance love, honor your father this Father’s Day by making a donation in his name to help support children and families in West Virginia.

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CHS of WV website

Sia confirms she adopted two teenage sons

Sia is opening up about her life as a mom to two teenage sons who she adopted last year.
— Read on ew.com/parents/sia-confirms-adopting-2-teenage-sons-who-were-aging-out-of-foster-care/

This makes my heart happy to hear this! I work for a nonprofit adoption and foster care agency. It’s really sad that most older children are stuck in the system until they are 18. So I love reading stories like this. 🥰