Article February 11, 2008 Issue

RADICAL, HEALING FORGIVENESS

BY MARTA GREENWOOD

Originally appeared on spirituality.com

IT WAS one of those really silly things that start because of a complete misunderstanding and then grow into something totally and ridiculously out of hand.

I'd made plans to care for a very close relative's children during a three-week holiday exchange. But as it turned out, I had to cancel our arrangements because we were due to move with my husband's job. This made my relative very upset, and I was caught completely off guard by her response. We were normally so close, having been brought up together, and now she couldn't seem to get over her deep disappointment with my decision. I felt terrible about letting her down and apologized. Yet for most of the next two years we rarely spoke to one another, which just broke my heart.

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