Hope has always been important to me. Like our theme of Having Hope, Im grateful that hope is my constant companion. When I was in spiritual direction training, one of our teachers shared what she told clients who had lost hope. She told them that she was holding that hope for them, and they could have it back whenever they wanted. Ive adopted that practice and hold hope for the people I companion on the dying, death, and grief journeys. Hope is contagious.