Shine Hope's Hope

10/20/2025

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10/24/2024

This certainly touched my heart today. Especially since it came from Hope's page.

Say their name

Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful

💙Samantha Hope 💙

Father God,
My hope is in you.
Because of your tender mercies,
I will not give up.
In the process of losing my precious children,
I have grown stronger.
At times I have lost my joy, and my reason for living. And yet, your light shines in my heart, reminding me that my child’s spirit is resting with you, and we will be reunited.Because of this, I will never give up,
and I praise you for renewing my spirit day after day.
I fix my gaze on you and on eternity.
In Jesus’ name, I pray.
Amen.

✝️
Cali Jay
Bereaved Mother
Bereaved Parents Advocate
Grief Educator
Compassionate Friend

09/08/2024

Poignant

09/08/2024

This beautiful girl suffered greatly from substance use disorder AKA addiction. No one and I do mean no one outside of myself and Hope know exactly what she went through. Imagine your child your little girl standing in front of you crying The worst tears and begging her mother to take away her pain. Momma, why did this have to happen to me?

While I appreciate the need to separate fentanyl poisoning from overdose I would also appreciate if people would stop saying "they weren't an addict they just made a bad decision." because until you have lived through loving your child through addiction you know nothing.

If you go to a rally to support fentanyl poisoning prevention please stop saying things like it's not a drug addicts problem it's everybody's problem. Change your verbiage! there is enough stigma surrounding addiction as it is without the added damning correlation, which there is none, between addiction and fentanyl poisoning.

Taking any pill without a prescription is substance abuse and one pill can lead to the devastating effects of addiction because that was the farthest thing from Hope Saunders mind when she was prescribed opioids. It was not her choice to become addicted. However after suffering the severe trauma that she did it's understandable how that can lead to trauma-induced substance use disorder.

So take a good look at these pictures because this is the drug addict to whom you so venomously refer.

I am Hope's Mom
I am Hope's Hope

And I will, until my dying breath, continue to speak on her behalf, carry her torch, and help those who suffer from addiction and stigma.

07/11/2024

❤️

06/05/2024

Congratulations!