8. forgiveness is not something I have authority to keep from you
7. I can be a million bitches but once upon a time ago I was your sister
6. your son deserves a relationship with his aunts no matter what hatred you may harbor
5. forgiveness frees up space in my heart, it leaves more space to love
4. i forgive you because you never knew how to be a brother and even though you never knew you also didn't try.
and that's not okay but, i forgive you
3. i forgive you because I choose to. And unlike you, i found God and He forgave me which makes it easy to forgive you
2. Mama and Papa loved us more than we could possibly ever know, enough to give us their last name and I know when we were growing up they never would have imagined we would be the way we are now, far and estranged
1. I forgive you because we're family, and I'm not too good to admit that I need forgiveness as well
