Reviving Hope
Reviving Hope A Crowdsourced novel written by the IGrow Chicago Community. Chapter 1 Returning from a short visit to her husband's grave, Hope Hamilton was lost. It had been less than a year since 'Tom' had passed, and she was an emotional mess. She was forgetful and she seemed to be indifferent to everyday living. Nothing bothered her, and nothing interested her. Her job bored her; her co-workers bored her, the world as a whole, as messed up as she thought it was, bored her, too. She wasn't suicidal, but in her mind, she was not burning to live. She was just...nothing. A family doctor or psychologist probably would have diagnosed her with a severe form of Depression, but she did not have the time or money to sit and listen to someone tell her something she already knew. It was raining and her 2007 Honda Civic had begun to overheat. For awhile she ignored the steam coming out of the front of her car. Finally, the...