Born during the Secret War in Laos and forced to flee at age eleven, Mor Xiong Popper lost siblings to illness, survived a garbage dump refugee camp, nearly died in a Wisconsin winter, and endured a twenty-five-year marriage that left her broken. She battled chronic fatigue syndrome, abandoned her dream of becoming a doctor, and twice came to the edge of ending her life. Yet through every valley, her Catholic faith remained the one thread she refused to cut.What follows is a story of extraordinary transformation: seven years of fighting to truly forgive, a second marriage to a Jewish psychologist who helped her understand her own worth, and a calling as a social worker and nonprofit founder to sit with those who feel they have nothing left to live for. Choosing to Hope is ultimately a testament to the belief that the end of the rope is never the end of the story.