“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.” ~ Proverbs 13:12 Hope. Such a simple word, just four little letters, yet what power it holds. The power to hold on when everything tells us to let go. The power to believe when all around us mocks our faith. Even the power to live when all the natural world chants “die”. Hope is a powerful word, indeed. And yet, to be so powerful, it is amazing the vulnerable places where it so often appears. Such as an orchid. I am not a gardener. Though I know it runs in my family—my Aunt…