Those thoughts - the thoughts that just keep popping up randomly when you don’t expect it – the memory of someone’s harsh words that cut deeply. You’ve been wronged; offended—the sting of being physically pushed—or even worse. Hateful comments and careless actions can wound us in ways that linger far longer than we’d like. So …
A personal experience of growing up without a father and the emotional toll it took. After struggling with feelings of bitterness and unresolved anger, I decided to seek out and forgive the absent father face-to-face.
Betty didn’t own a car, so the middle-aged woman took the city bus to the rough neighborhood. The community used to be new, nice, and charming but now reports of violence had turned up in the news. Her uncle lived in this neighborhood and suspiciously died in a house fire. When Betty heard of it, she was bent on investigating and searching through the rubble.
My 91-year-old mother with dementia chopped down my rose bush. It all happened 1 ½ years ago. I was upstairs writing on my computer, and I went downstairs to get some water. I noticed my mother was standing very still behind the red rose bush, very still. It was obvious she was hiding from me. …