Forgiveness and Family

Family and the holidays can be awesome AND awful. Forgiveness is essential to creating great family relationships!

With the holidays approaching, I often talk with my clients about how to navigate family drama, family hurts, and family histories as they prepare for family gatherings. 

As a mom of grown kids, I cringe when I think they may be dealing with some of these same struggles as they come home. If so, I hope they bring up the drama, hurts, and histories so we can talk about them, clear the air and move forward.  I hope I listen well instead of get defensive.  I hope and pray we become skilled and grace-filled when it comes to forgiveness.

How would you complete this sentence:
Forgiveness is Not…