Thanks for this thread, Jeff.
You know, every single one of us has things in our past we need to deal with and put to rest. It's not an easy thing to get over being exposed to a lot of turmoil, anger, violence....those kinds of things seem to linger on long long after they rightfully should. Sometimes, it takes a few generations even to root some of those things from history out.
I think it takes a lot of forgiveness and time to heal....healing can take a lot of time and work on our part with help from others...we all heal differently....and we cannot fully heal if the scabs keep being ripped off or if the wounds are just covered up to fester and become infected. I'm not telling you anything you don't already know....hang in there and here's to healing. Happy New Year.