It's been a little over a week since I decided that I needed to move on and work on forgiving my step-grandma. I've prayed like crazy, gotten FANTASTIC advice, and had lots of time to think. In the last week I've come SO far...in fact, on Sunday I actually SPOKE with her...for the first time since the night we argued. It went well, I survived and we spoke kindly and without bringing up the ugliness. After it was over I didn't even feel anger toward her. It was gone.
I still feel like I'm not COMPLETELY there, but I have come SO far and I believe I'm nearly there.
One of the things that truly helped me on the road to forgiveness was this quote: "Forgiveness is giving up the hope that you can change the past."
I've realized that I can't change what happened, but I can resolve my feelings about it and move on.....and it has helped me SO much.
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Thank you so much for sharing this. I had to go back and read your initial post because I hadn't seen it yet, but I had a family member do something recently that has kind of hurt our family and our future plans and I just learned about it today. I was so angry and frustrated this person can't just butt out of our lives every once and a while. I need to forgive her and move on if I ever want to feel better. Thank you so much for sharing that message with me!
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