Forgiveness is an ongoing journey. Somethings that are forgiven have a way of crashing back in when the same thing keeps happening or something similar. Resentment has the strength to destroy the one grasping tightly the poisoned cup thus giving strength to the one inflicting the past harm.
I will try to keep my words in mind and cease allowing the loser to win.

@parus Thanks for putting it so succinctly, great insight!

The memories will never vanish, they are like visible scars from an auto accident. They do fade in time with the forgiveness process.

We can never forget but we can continue the forgiveness process. For a lot of us, it will be a lifetime process.

Teresa

Did not mean to sound judgmental in the comment. 🙁