Dear Anne Frank,

Before we left on this DC trip, I started listening to “Inscription of Hope” being sung by various choirs on YouTube. “Inscription of Hope” has quite the meaning for me since all of the choirs I was around, helped out with or sang in always tackled this song at least once.  

The beginning starts out like this:

I believe in the sun 

even when it is not shining. 

And I believe in love 

even when there's no one there. 

And I believe in God

even when He is silent

I believe through any trial

there is always a way.

The words from "Inscription of Hope" were inscribed on the walls of a cellar in Cologne, Germany, where Jews were hiding from the Nazis during World War II. 

Just hearing this song gives me hope.

Your friend,
Karen-Maeby