by Amelia Loken | Oct 24, 2026 | Hope
I live in the South. Temperatures had been in the 90s the past month. Then last Friday, the high was only 60 degrees. It felt like Mother Nature flipped the switch between summer and autumn overnight. With the cooler weather, I noticed the sunrise arriving a little...
by Amelia Loken | Jun 25, 2026 | Hope
Hope is a discipline — a writing practice — a way of returning to the page even when the path ahead is foggy. For many writers, hope in writing becomes a form of creative resilience: a steadying force that keeps us imagining, shaping, and crafting stories even when...
by Amelia Loken | Apr 4, 2026 | Hope
I am a Star Wars fan. I watched A New Hope when it was just called Star Wars. I was tiny. After watching it, I asked my mom why they never showed the lions. She was confused. There are no lions in Star Wars and no reason to think there should be. I kept asking about...
by Amelia Loken | Feb 28, 2026 | Hope
Good Intentions I wrote a short little essay on hope in January 2025. It wasn’t polished, but it was from the heart. I wasn’t sure how to wrap it up. I decided to let it sit and then I would figure it out. The weather channel was predicting a snowstorm that would shut...
