What hope looks like

Freckles: He lives in 1975.

Today Freckles has been home for two years. It's been a very challenging two years with a lot of heartache on both sides. The other day we heard the following:

"I feel like the old [Freckles]."

We asked him what that meant. He explained that he felt like the Freckles before the orphanage, before he lost everything, before he endured a hurt beyond comprehension. He felt like himself....the sweet, kind, loving, brilliant, delightful little boy that we knew was there all along. 

This is what real, honest, beautiful hope looks like.