​​​ “When I was first asked to write a short paragraph about my experiences at Houses of Hope, my initial thought was that there was no way I could successfully put all of my feelings into just one paragraph.  On the other hand, it is proving to be kind of difficult to find the words to properly describe my experience there.  Towards the end of my stay at Houses, I remember commenting to my counselor that they had picked a very fitting name in “Houses of Hope,” because when h