Forgiven: The Amish School Shooting, a Mother's Love, and a Story of Remarkable Grace | 
pickThis was a pretty powerful book, told from the perspective of the mother of the Nickle Mines shooter. It covers the pain and confusion Ms. Roberts and her family suffered from the event, the forgiveness she and her family received from the Amish community, and her own journey with making peace with the events that occurred and of forgiving her son.
JoeMo I‘m not religious, but one of the main messages of this boo was the fact that forgiveness is an active and intentional decision one makes and takes steps towards, is something I agree with and which helped me somewhat in moving on from some not-so-happy stuff that happened to me in 2022 and that I was still dealing with the residual effects of when I read this in January. (edited) 14mo
Reggie Have you ever seen the Purge 2. That whole ending is a message on forgiveness. I ended up letting someone back into my life after I watched that movie. And they lasted for 4 more years before I realized the 1st decision was the correct one. I‘m gonna have to read this. 14mo
JoeMo Hey @Reggie, that‘s rough, I‘ve definitely found myself in some similar situations, and lost smaller chunks of time like six months or a year or so…I‘m in a spot where I‘m trying to make/keep peace with the past, but keep shoving myself away from it and certain parties and into the unknown future. I definitely need to check out the Purge series…when the first few came out, I was in a phase where I watched mostly snobbish art movies. 14mo
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