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HOPE
A Family’s Journey Beyond Loss
Summersville, West Virginia
A wildfire takes a family’s home and workshop in Summersville, West Virginia. As they begin again, rebuilding becomes more than practical work: it asks which parts of their old life they can carry into a different future.
Biblical foundation: Romans 5:3 through 5
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What remains. What comes next.
Ellis knows how to repair things. When a wildfire destroys his family's home and the workshop that supported them, he begins drawing plans to put everything back exactly as it was.
But Cora needs a life that feels safe, not another promise she must hold together. Their daughter, Tessa, is grieving a room no one can rebuild while trying to protect a future she is afraid to want.
Set in Summersville, West Virginia, HOPE is an intimate story of a family learning to hear one another after loss. A worn folding rule, a missing mug, and a packet of ceiling stars become reminders of what cannot be replaced, and of the love that still asks to be carried forward.
Includes an Inspiration Note reflecting on Romans 5:3 through 5.
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- English
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- 16,717 words · 58 page PDF
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Includes wildfire, destruction of a home and business, displacement, financial stress, and family grief.
Word count includes headings and end notes in the complete EPUB; it is not a reading-time estimate.
Family · Wildfire loss · Home · Repair work · Parenthood · Grief · Rebuilding · Belonging
Scripture and story
Biblical foundation
Romans 5:3 through 5
3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; 5 and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
The Inspiration Note considers perseverance and hope grounded in God’s love. It does not promise that endurance will restore everything a family has lost.
World English Bible (WEB), Classic edition. Public domain.
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