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and I talked about anger.

“I don’t want to be consumed by it,” I told her one day. “But I also don’t want to forgive them. Not now. Maybe not ever.”

“Forgiveness is not a requirement for healing,” she said. “Sometimes, recognition is enough. Naming what happened. Acknowledging it was wrong. Deciding what you will do with that knowledge.”

“What I want continue reading …