Anne Frank House

Anne Frank House

Downtown Amsterdam

“May we light our own torches with the incandescence of her spirit.”

“All her would-haves are our opportunities”

Emma Thompson

I walk through Anne’s story as I walk through her secret annex. Such overwhelming fear and uncertainty and yet “I hope…” Anne writes.

In the most desperate times, she hopes. She hopes to be a famous writer one day. She hopes to capture the value of words in her book of beautiful words. She hopes to change the world when she leaves the annex.

“I hope…”, she says.

I just want to sit with that.

I want to let the “incandescence of her spirit” wash over me. 

I want to consider all her would-haves and honor her life and the million of lives taken with intentionality and hope in my own opportunities. 

I want to hope as she hoped with light and life to inspire others.

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November 18, 2021

November, 2021