brought her into our home, we hoped to give her a place of refuge, not a place of trauma like she had known for all 8 of her years before us. we had hoped to be able to give her a sense of peace and safety in our home in our family. we had hoped for her to run to us, not from us. we had hopes but as we went from day one to week one to month one to year one to the time we moved her to boys ranch, our hopes were just that. hopes.
as she moved to the ranch, we had hopes again. hopes that the 