Forgiveness...................................

     "Years ago I came across Dag Hammarkskjold's line 'Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which that is broken is made whole again, that which is soiled is made clean again,' and knew that this could not happen for us, that our parents were gone and John was just John.  Take it or leave it.  Life on life's terms."

-Anne Lamott,  Small Victories:  Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace