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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 25 May 2012 21:38:43 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Blog</title><subtitle>Blog</subtitle><id>http://hoperevo.com/blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://hoperevo.com/blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://hoperevo.com/blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-12-07T20:33:47Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>I want to paint the world with my footsteps</title><id>http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/11/18/i-want-to-paint-the-world-with-my-footsteps.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/11/18/i-want-to-paint-the-world-with-my-footsteps.html"/><author><name>Krystyn</name></author><published>2010-11-18T15:32:00Z</published><updated>2010-11-18T15:32:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://jaccijoyce.tumblr.com/post/1721825833" target="_blank"><img src="http://hoperevo.com/storage/post-images/tumblr_lcmjpiGJ3G1qzmmigo1_500.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1291044803972" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 500px;">from <a href="http://jaccijoyce.tumblr.com/post/1721825833" target="_blank">Jacci Joyce</a> </span></span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>No one is perfect. Everyone needs respect and love.</title><id>http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/11/4/no-one-is-perfect-everyone-needs-respect-and-love.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/11/4/no-one-is-perfect-everyone-needs-respect-and-love.html"/><author><name>Krystyn</name></author><published>2010-11-04T21:01:42Z</published><updated>2010-11-04T21:01:42Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/60628290/everyone-needs-respect-and-love-by-jen" target="_blank"><img src="http://hoperevo.com/storage/post-images/il_570xN.188875846.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1288904624357" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 570px;">from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/thisismyhopefulworld" target="_blank">Jen Lemen</a> &mdash; purchase on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/60628290/everyone-needs-respect-and-love-by-jen" target="_blank">Etsy</a></span></span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "happy".</title><id>http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/10/8/when-i-went-to-school-they-asked-me-what-i-wanted-to-be-when.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/10/8/when-i-went-to-school-they-asked-me-what-i-wanted-to-be-when.html"/><author><name>Krystyn</name></author><published>2010-10-08T13:00:00Z</published><updated>2010-10-08T13:00:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.imgspark.com/image/view/all/96631/" target="_blank"><img src="http://hoperevo.com/storage/post-images/5yohappy.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1260888333301" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 420px;">From <a href="http://www.imgspark.com/image/view/all/96631/" target="_blank&quot;">Bint</a></span></span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Building Castles in the Air</title><id>http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/8/17/building-castles-in-the-air.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/8/17/building-castles-in-the-air.html"/><author><name>Krystyn</name></author><published>2010-08-17T15:56:48Z</published><updated>2010-08-17T15:56:48Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.haveanepiphanie.com/epiphanie-cards" target="_blank"><img src="http://hoperevo.com/storage/post-images/inspirecard_beach.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1282060663871" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 700px;">via: <a href="http://www.haveanepiphanie.com/epiphanie-cards" target="_blank">Maile</a></span></span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Sometimes You Must Jump</title><id>http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/7/15/sometimes-you-must-jump.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/7/15/sometimes-you-must-jump.html"/><author><name>Krystyn</name></author><published>2010-07-15T14:13:41Z</published><updated>2010-07-15T14:13:41Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://dailylayout.com/2010/07/14/sometimes-you-must-jump/" target="_blank"><img src="http://hoperevo.com/storage/layout/shot_1279143030.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1279203332046" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 400px;">via: <a href="http://dailylayout.com/2010/07/14/sometimes-you-must-jump/" target="_blank">Daily Layout</a></span></span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Quote</title><id>http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/6/4/quote.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/6/4/quote.html"/><author><name>Krystyn</name></author><published>2010-06-04T22:49:32Z</published><updated>2010-06-04T22:49:32Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 130%;">"Don't become something just because someone wants you to, or because it's easy. You won't be happy. You have to do what you really, really, really, really, really, really want to do, even if it scares the shit out of you."﻿ <em></em></span></p><br/><p><span style="font-size: 130%;"><em>&mdash; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen_Wiig" target="_blank">Kristen Wiig</a></em></span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Courtesy Prevents Accidents</title><id>http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/5/12/courtesy-prevents-accidents.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/5/12/courtesy-prevents-accidents.html"/><author><name>Krystyn</name></author><published>2010-05-12T17:22:46Z</published><updated>2010-05-12T17:22:46Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.ihearttype.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://hoperevo.com/storage/post-images/final.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1273685045528" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 800px;">via: <a href="http://www.ihearttype.com/">i heart type</a></span></span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Extreme Makeover Home: The Carr Family</title><id>http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/5/3/extreme-makeover-home-the-carr-family.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/5/3/extreme-makeover-home-the-carr-family.html"/><author><name>Krystyn</name></author><published>2010-05-03T15:09:08Z</published><updated>2010-05-03T15:09:08Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://hoperevo.com/storage/post-images/ryanne.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1272900390198" alt="" /></span></span></p><br/><p><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">I think it's the primary goal to have the audience sobbing by the end of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, but last night's got me smiling and teared up in the first five minutes. </span></span></span></p><br/><p><span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">Ryanne &mdash; an awesome little spitfire of a girl and six year old double amputee &mdash; asks the team to donate the prosthetic legs she has outgrown to children in Haiti. </span></span></span><a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/146302/extreme-makeover-home-edition-the-carr-family?c=1573" target="_blank">Click here to jump to the part of the show where her the prosthetics are refitted for children at Haitian Community Hospital.</a></p><br/><p>p.s. Have a BIG box of tissues handy.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Help bring Odette's girls home</title><id>http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/4/19/help-bring-odettes-girls-home.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/4/19/help-bring-odettes-girls-home.html"/><author><name>Krystyn</name></author><published>2010-04-19T14:49:48Z</published><updated>2010-04-19T14:49:48Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://jenlemen.chipin.com/odettes-girls-to-come-home" target="_blank"><img src="http://hoperevo.com/storage/post-images/3968153038_1a5554caf1.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1271689070681" alt="" /></a></span></span></p><br/><p>My heart is filled to know that a reunion between Odette and her girls is on the very near horizon, and <em>hope</em> will finally be replaced with <em>reality</em>.</p><br/><p>If you've been following Odette and Jen's story from the beginning, <a href="http://hoperevo.com/display/Search?searchQuery=rwanda&amp;moduleId=6430452">if you sent one of the hundreds of HOPE notes to Rwanda that filled my mailbox for weeks</a>, I have a small favor to ask. My dear friend Jen is now in Uganda, and could use the tiniest amount of support ($1 or $5 is more than enough) to return home, with Odette's daughters in tow.</p><br/><p><a href="http://jenlemen.chipin.com/odettes-girls-to-come-home" target="_blank">Donate here &raquo;</a></p><br/><p>Of course, as Jen puts it, <em>for those who cannot give, we welcome all your good wishes as this chapter of our story comes to a close.</em></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>The Haiti Poster Project</title><id>http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/4/5/the-haiti-poster-project.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://hoperevo.com/blog/2010/4/5/the-haiti-poster-project.html"/><author><name>Krystyn</name></author><published>2010-04-05T18:08:18Z</published><updated>2010-04-05T18:08:18Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.thehaitiposterproject.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://hoperevo.com/storage/post-images/006_resized_1224662324.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1270490968873" alt="" /></a></span></span></p><br/><p><a href="http://www.thehaitiposterproject.com/" target="_blank">Visit The Haiti Poster Project</a> for signed and numbered, limited edition posters from designers and artists from around the world.</p><br/><p>All money raised goes to <a href="http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/" target="_blank">Doctors Without Borders</a>.﻿</p>]]></content></entry></feed>
