Hope in the Hopoate Family

                                                                  About a year ago, Malachi and I were setting goals for the 2022 year. A couple of things laid the ground work for this. Each year we kind of talk about what our family needs, like, are we having a baby this year, are we going to move, more schooling, different job, etc. All of those big things. Well we fasted and prayed mostly about the moving part, but also about all those other big decisions. We both felt very peaceful that this year we would stay in our home and not move, we wouldn't have another baby yet, Malachi would continue going to school, and most things would just stay the same.      So in an effort to make sure we were still progressing and growing, Malachi asked me, "If you could pick any BIG, HAIR...

 Quick story… I was making a large batch of cafe rio salad dressing. It’s heaven and I like to have it for my daily lunch salad. Well I decided to do 2 batches since we had company in town. This required me to cut up and shred 6 jalapeños. I use a cheese grater for this process. All went well and the salad dressing was in the fridge. And then a few hours later, probably around 5pm, I felt my thumb was stinging. I thought maybe I cut it using the cheese grater unknowingly. So I washed my hands and did some lotion and antibiotic ointment, but the stinging continued. Another few hours passed and the stinging had turned into burning. So I told my husband and we figured out it was actually probably a burn from the jalapeño oil.  We googled it and tried all the remedies. We did icing it, washing again with soap, coconut oil, vegetable oil, olive oil, more soap, baking soda, flour, more oil and more soap. No relief. It was well into the evening now, my husband couldn’t help but fall ...