Perhaps you are reading more into the statement about having "hope" for you than she meant. Sometimes I may say something along the lines of "There may just be hope for you yet" to my kids (genetic and otherwise). It isn't a statement that I never had hope. It's just a kind of praise/encouragement for whatever they've said/done, etc. at that moment. It isn't meant as a deep, meaning-filled comment. It is just an off-the-cuff remark. Could your T have made the statement just as a quick reply rather than a deep, meaning-filled observation? Is it possible you are giving that one sentence way more weight than was really intended?