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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 253345" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>((HUGS)) Steely, I don't have advice on this. As you know, I'm going thru something similar. I just wanted to let you know that I completely understand. To me, it isn't just about forgiving my son, it is about still trying to parent him by letting him know that this is not acceptable and if it's any other human being someday in the future, he probably won't even have a single chance of getting that relationship back or forgiveness from the person or the system. He does have that with me, but it isn't a blanket "forgive and forget" situation. I simply cannot send him that message because violence would likely occur again and I don't want my son to grow up abusing others. And I don't want him spending the rest of his life in prison because he killed me. But, just as I'll always be the parent who wants to teach him the right thing and protect him from his own bad tendencies, I will also always love him with every breath and bone I have and deep in my heart, I do forgive him. In spite of scars and a heartbreak that may never go away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 253345, member: 3699"] ((HUGS)) Steely, I don't have advice on this. As you know, I'm going thru something similar. I just wanted to let you know that I completely understand. To me, it isn't just about forgiving my son, it is about still trying to parent him by letting him know that this is not acceptable and if it's any other human being someday in the future, he probably won't even have a single chance of getting that relationship back or forgiveness from the person or the system. He does have that with me, but it isn't a blanket "forgive and forget" situation. I simply cannot send him that message because violence would likely occur again and I don't want my son to grow up abusing others. And I don't want him spending the rest of his life in prison because he killed me. But, just as I'll always be the parent who wants to teach him the right thing and protect him from his own bad tendencies, I will also always love him with every breath and bone I have and deep in my heart, I do forgive him. In spite of scars and a heartbreak that may never go away. [/QUOTE]
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