That's right. I watched a 20/20 special about this lady whose little girl was stolen from a campsite, molested, raped, and murdered after days.
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=124051
It STUNNED me. The pain, the agony this mother went through was raw and horrendous. They covered every moment of the crime, of her sitting at the campsite as they dragged the lake and kept calling out when they found something and how her whole body just shuddered, and she felt she'd lose her mind with hate, how she could not stop thinking about what her baby was going through or went through, etc.
And yet, she forgave her child's killer. Not only forgave him but embraced him and his family,especially his mother. She went, arm and arm with his mother to his grave (the dude killed himself) and placed flowers on his grave. She speaks out against the death penalty. She maintains a bond with the killer's mother. She has compassion for his family and for him. It left me shaken, really.
Marietta's Catholic faith was pivotal to her ability to do this. Being a Catholic myself, this was inspirational to me. She is an inspiration. Do I think I would be able to do the same thing? I don't think so, but I would like to be able to.
BUMP.