A place of loneliness and isolation where
Divine Mercy (Grace) is encountered.

To assess a need and respond with resourcefulness and charity.

Circa 2009

“My pastor insists that forgiveness is a choice—feelings catch up later. But my feelings lag like out-of-shape runners who’ve lost sight of the finish line. Other times my emotions run fiercely ahead of reason. Do my feelings have any role in the choice to forgive abuse? They sure didn’t matter when I was being abused.

I’m sick of secrets.

Child abuse is a secret. Abuse in marriage—another secret. How I feel about what I’ve endured is a secret. Struggling to forgive is a secret. When will God release me from the thickets of these secrets?