***Correction: 1. I left Houston in 2006...I said 2016 at one point. 2. ulterior motive -- NOT alternative motive.🙈***

Hey y'all! How you be? Hope all are doing well and surviving this crazy hot weather! They, saw something from CNN, say last time the PLANET was this hot was...ummm...120,000 years ago! What? Ok, WHAT? No, WHAT? This is so wrong! Yet, not surprised. #climatechangeisreal #stayhydrated

Sorry I have been MIA (missing in action). I could have done an episode but I was away from my apartment and I prefer to do episodes with my microphone, headset and amplifier so y'all can have a nice crisp Talk Time with Hope sound. :) I was going to do an episode when I got back yesterday, but this gal was tired. I plan on getting back to doing one episode a week...but but but...I'm still thinking about putting my podcast on YouTube or Instagram. Probably need to figure out how to do that though. lol

House and dog sitting for my little sister was nice. It was a nice getaway with time to venture out in the streets of Houston. Houston used to be a place I loved to call home. But not really since 2006. It's not the same anymore. Not for me. I loved that city at one point. At more than one point. I have fond memories. Met some amazong people there that I call friends today. But things are different. The friends I met have their own lives and are married with kids or kids and it's just different. And I don't necessarliy thing that because I am still single and never had kids. I just think it is what it is. We are not all close like we used to be. Like college besties. Like military buddies. We don't grow closer, sometimes we grow apart. And the fact that I left and then left the country probably contributed to that. I don't know. I love people. That love never goes away, even if the friendships aren't the same or if we aren't as close as we used to be. The love never goes away. Once I love you, I love you forever. In a good way. Even if we never really see each other again. That love will always be there. <3 I did get to visit with someone that I loved and her kid. We were roommates back in the day. First roommate, outside of the Navy and my big sister, actually. It was so crazy seeing them after 26 years. Mostly good, some not so good as they got into politics and religion. Yeah! But it was nice.

Last thing, the crap going on in Florida. Listen in for me and check out the article I am attaching.

God bless. Take care. Stay hydrated. <3

Florida slavery curriculum doesn't just whitewash past, it makes it up (usatoday.com)