Pick a Key June 2006
If you were an estranged family member trying to find a way back into someone's good graces, how would you do it? If you, the one wanting back in, was the person who committed very destructive and hurtful actions? Would you plead hardship, bad judgment, a new realization?
I forgave someone who committed gravely serious bad actions with evil intent against my family. I have now been confronted with the new question of does forgiving someone mean you let them back into your life? And I think I am not so sure. And my inclination is no, they do not get a pass back into your life. Words are cheap.
I have a beautiful son with my husband, who I love more than anything. I love both of them more than anything, I would gladly step in front of a bullet for either of them. I can't imagine letting someone who had bad intentions they previously acted on back in to our lives.