Hello Holly. For once we find ourselves entirely on the same page, and in public no less. (Inside joke). This story of mine directly relates to your points.

Canceling My Father — The Ultimate Expression of Empathy

The highly esteemed by many including me, Alison Tennent, quite forcefully disagrees with us, yet I believe she gets hung up on terminology of the trees and thus does not see our forest. Yet, she makes very good points that will truly help many.

Enforced Forgiveness is perpetuation of abuse

Alison and I meaningfully engaged much both in her story and in my post inspired thereby.

Humans have attached and connected a potentially unhealthy item to the divine concept of…

I believe in forgiveness but do not forget. Forgetting deprives me of the opportunity to learn a life-lesson and may expose myself to repeated transgressions.