One Summer in Savannah

by Terah Shelton Harris

forgiveness…is like a door. You can open yourself up to it or close yourself off from it at any time.”

“It hasn’t been easy. The beginning was hard. But we decided that instead of watching him die, we would help him live.”

“We’re not bad people, Sara,” I say, noting the distinction in her you. “Just damaged. Hurt people hurt people. That’s not an excuse. But it’s true.”

Forgiveness, I’ve learned, is like a door. You can open yourself up to it or close yourself off from it at any time. We can’t rewrite history or change the outcome. Life is a series of choices. And we live in and with those choices we make.