Hope in New Orleans

God have mercy on the man who doubts what he’s sure of. — Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise

Photo by David Reynolds on Unsplash

Her name was Hope and that was just what I needed her to be.

As I drew back the faded chintz curtain to the back room of Marie Laveau’s House of Voodoo, I expected to see a crystal ball, a black cat, and Hope sitting on a throne, donning a dark…