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Keith.

Forgiveness

What does forgiveness look like? What does it look like when the betrayal and pain are so deep and powerful? What does it look like when the betrayer is your own brother? Does forgiveness look the same for every incident? Obviously, some things are easier to forgive than others. What do we do when we just can't seem to forgive someone? I believe forgiveness is very possible, and very necessary for our own growth and maturity. In my previous blog, I mention how Steven R. Tracy, in his book Mending the Soul, argues that "One cannot...

Memory Part 2

In his book Beyond Betrayal, Dr. Richard B. Gartner insists that, "Recovery requires picking up the pieces of your past so that you can see yourself more completely than you ever have. If you don't know how you came to be who you are, your view of yourself will be distorted. You'll feel unfinished, yearning for something but not knowing what. If you see yourself more completely, however, you'll see the world more completely. Most important, you'll feel you fit into your life.... In order to see yourself and live your life more completely, you must experience your emotional past.

Memory Part 1

One day at home, when I was an awkward eleven-year-old boy, my brothers and I were playing a good ol' game of Truth or Dare, which really just meant a game of dare. It was a simple game, but being that they were twins and I was five years younger, I was excited to not be left out again. What I didn't know, however, is that this day would be different in so many ways. This day would change everything. One of them, probably Chuck, dared one of us to suck the other's penis. After the scoffing and declarations of how gross that was, Rick was finally fed up and left. Chuck and I stayed.

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