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Conversation with a Stranger
I want to share something awesome that happened today. This was different than when I’d talk with rideshare (Lyft/Uber) passengers. Yes,...

authorhopeaguilar
Mar 27, 20244 min read
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Would you be taller, if you could?
I am tall. Like, well, above average in 5 feet and 11 inches tall — for those that didn’t already know. I didn’t always like being tall,...

authorhopeaguilar
Feb 10, 20243 min read
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Welcome to 2024!
What a year 2023 ended up being. It started off with my stepdad getting a rare thyroid cancer (anaplastic) and dying within four weeks of...

authorhopeaguilar
Jan 1, 20244 min read
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Hello December
I haven’t blogged in a good minute. I have had some writer’s block for a while now. For blogging, as well as just writing in general....

authorhopeaguilar
Dec 7, 20232 min read
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Covid Deniers
I have written about how I lost my mom to covid19. Yes, she had diabetes. Yes, she even had stage 4 kidney failure. But no, I don’t think...

authorhopeaguilar
Jul 29, 20215 min read
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Just get the shot already!
Listen, gonna keep this one short. Ok, probably not. Get the vaccine. It literally saves lives. This Delta plus variant of the covid...

authorhopeaguilar
Jul 24, 20213 min read
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(Don’t) Take me to church
I mean to write about this a few months back, but got sidetracked. Shortly after my mom passed away, from covid, my step dad invited me...

authorhopeaguilar
Apr 7, 20214 min read
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I’ve made it to 50!
After ovarian cancer I started to see birthdays as more special than I had before. Not in a “I want everyone to look at me and give me...

authorhopeaguilar
Feb 2, 20212 min read
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Pro trump supporters in D.C. — before they breached the Capitol
I can’t help but think of when Jesus was around. Stay with me here. The people choose Barabbas over Jesus because the zealot leaders and...

authorhopeaguilar
Jan 6, 20212 min read
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I lost my mom!
***My mom died of complications due to covid-19 — on November 29th, 2020. Please stay safe and keep healthy.*** My beautiful mom and me...

authorhopeaguilar
Jan 1, 20211 min read
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Pray 🙏🏾
Years ago I had a dream, a nightmare, that I was in war. Not with some foreign power. But in my own country. In a domestic war. There was...

authorhopeaguilar
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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