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Easter is the ultimate story of hope. For our family, that message has never been more clear than this Easter. Last Easter, things felt anything but hopeful. We were sitting in the Children’s Hospital in St Louis, recovering from an emergency surgery. After an ER visit in Peoria, our world was turned upside down. We […]https://cota.org/cotaforjacobshope/wp-content/uploads/sites/6595/2026/04/1000003813-scaled.jpg19282560