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Finding hope in dark times

A rainbow appears behind a line of trees as afternoon storm clouds pass over the East Hartford area Monday, October 17, 2023.
Mark Mirko
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A rainbow appears behind a line of trees as afternoon storm clouds pass over the East Hartford area Monday, October 17, 2023.

I saw someone on TikTok ask () that we just have, for once, a week that is … precedented. And I mean, yes. Could we?

Well, not this week. The shooting. The convention. The running mate. The president with COVID. The ominous election.

And then , too.

So we decided we need — and that you might need, too — an hour to figure out where to find hope even in the face of all this.

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