Death of a Child

Forgiveness in Grief

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

I visited my 95-year old grandmother recently. She lives over 300 miles from me, so I don’t get to see her as often as I’d like. As we sat catching up, she mentioned that she had been having more and more thoughts about times earlier in life when, in her words, she did things that “were not very nice”. The example she gave me was when, as a frustrated young mother, she spanked my father out of anger during potty training that wasn’t going too smoothly. Recalling the memory brought her to tears. Knowing my father was coming to stay […]

Your Grief

Forgiveness

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Forgiveness can be a very hard thing to do. That speaks to how incredibly powerful it is. Like hope, forgiveness is often a stepping stone forward. It can be a necessary part of truly accepting things that cannot be changed; for healing broken hearts and renewing spirit; and for allowing happiness into our lives again. Forgive whenever you can. Forgive yourself. Forgive others. Use forgiveness as a beacon to light a path to healing.