The Blog of Casa De Sara

Hi Friends,

Well I have to admit I’m not your typical optimist. I can’t recall anyone ever accusing me of being too positive. I try to stay informed about what’s going on in the world but often when I watch the news, read the newspaper or get online for the “latest” I find myself feeling overwhelmed with what I have heard or read. I’d  be willing to bet that  many  of  you  have  the  same  reaction  to  the  news. So I’m learning as I get older that its important for me to focus on what I can control. Something that helps me cope is to remember my favorite word: HOPE.  Imagine for a moment what it would be like if a doctor diagnosed you or someone you love with cancer but offered no treatment options. You’d probably be angry and distraught and it could easily cause you to lose all hope. What if you lived in the midst of war with no options for peace? What if you dreamed of learning and had no chance at education? The scenarios for hopelessness are almost endless but in most of those instances you can always look at a small child’s face and see a miracle. It’s magical how children are so full of hope. I love the word hope. I see it as a word with a mission statement. If you can find hope in a difficult situation you can see the options–and suddenly you have a plan. That’s the main reason Casa de Sara exist. We want to offer love and hope to children in spite of circumstances that say there is no reason for hope. We can’t save the whole world. No one individual can. But we can join together and make changes where we have the opportunity to do so. At the end of the journey even if we only offered life changing HOPE to one child it would all have been worth it.

Gracias

Dan Frye