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Living grace-filled lives and the power to forgive
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Rhiannon Goulding2025-09-23T06:47:00
Rhiannon Goulding shares moments in her own family’s history where there were moments both to offer and receive forgiveness
The journey took years and many miles, but we finally made it. It had been seven years since my husband Pete last saw his dad, 21 years since he’d seen his stepmum and over 30 years since he last saw his stepbrother.
There hadn’t been any kind of argument or rift, and Pete has a good relationship with his dad. It’s just that the family moved to Canada, time passed and it was hard to get together. But it’s also true that Pete, as a young man in his early 20s, hadn’t treated his younger brother well. He remembered things he’d said and regretted them. Pete felt strongly that he needed to apologise to Jason.
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