Learning Forgiveness

Grief is frequently compounded by the need to forgive people whose very actions caused the event(s) that brought us great personal sorrow.

The boss whose ineptitude with finances made the company unable to survive tough economic times. Perhaps, the erratic behavior of a drunk driver be it a stranger, friend of relative took the life of a loved one. An ex-spouse or lover's behavior continues to disrupt your present state/.

Learning forgiveness can be extremely difficult, however living without it will threaten your future.

For Immaculee Ilibagiza the 1994 genocide in Rwanda changed her entire life.

She remains one of the most inspiring people I have ever been fortunate enough to interview.

Here is the article.

Parenting a Child with No Future

My experience in losing a child came through a miscarriage.

However terrible a time that was it, cannot compare with the devastating diagnosis that one's baby has only a few years to live.

Emily Rapp's moving book, "The Still Point of the Turning World", was written while she was able to mother her late son, Ronan. He was stricken with Tay-Sachs before his first birthday.

This link is an CNN interview with her and how she survived such times.

May it bring peace to those with these particular need.