Remembering

I was watching the History Channel's documentary about the 9-11 attacks when Harper woke up from her nap. She came downstairs just as they were showing footage of the towers collapsing.

She watched it and then said, "Mom, what happened to those buildings?"

That's a tough one to answer.

On Forgiveness

On Monday, my small group talked about forgiveness. It was a great discussion. Over the next few weeks we are suppose to be working on making a list of people in our lives that we need to forgive.

This is easier said than done for me. The truth is that I can't really think of any people that I need to forgive. I don't like conflict, so when it comes up, I like to get things settled quickly and move on. I think this is good because I don't hold grudges and I don't carry around a lot of unresolved stuff.

But, I feel like I may be missing something subtle. I don't know. Maybe I should just be grateful that I don't have unforgiveness issues and move on. Here are some of the questions in my head right now. If you have any opinions, I'd be glad to hear them.

• Do you have to feel completely neutral about someone or a situation to mean that you have forgiven them (ie. if you still have hurt feelings over a situation, but have chosen to forgive the person who hurt you, have you really forgiven them?)
• If you just plain don't like someone, does that mean that you are choosing not to forgive them for something even if you can't put your finger on what that may be?

Am I over thinking this?