There are two options for an answer to the question “Can you please forgive me?” and they are I forgive you and I don’t forgive you. By saying “I forgive you”, one is not accepting or excusing the act done, but they are willing to get around that bump in the road to reach closure. In fact, “you may be entirely justified in hating the person who abused you, but hate keeps you chained to the person you despise” (70). In some instances such as physical abuse and molestation of infants and young children forgiveness may seem unattainable, but it is always possible. The next story I am going to tell you about is of an abusive relationship between a father, Patrick, and his daughter, Maeve. When Maeve was nine, her father “came into the bathroom when she was showering and had her perform oral sex on him” (72). He convinced her that it was just their “special time” (72) seeing as she wouldn’t know at that age that he was doing something heinous and
There are two options for an answer to the question “Can you please forgive me?” and they are I forgive you and I don’t forgive you. By saying “I forgive you”, one is not accepting or excusing the act done, but they are willing to get around that bump in the road to reach closure. In fact, “you may be entirely justified in hating the person who abused you, but hate keeps you chained to the person you despise” (70). In some instances such as physical abuse and molestation of infants and young children forgiveness may seem unattainable, but it is always possible. The next story I am going to tell you about is of an abusive relationship between a father, Patrick, and his daughter, Maeve. When Maeve was nine, her father “came into the bathroom when she was showering and had her perform oral sex on him” (72). He convinced her that it was just their “special time” (72) seeing as she wouldn’t know at that age that he was doing something heinous and