July’s Book List
Day After Night by Anita Diamant
The Murderer’s Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers
Enjoyed both selections. But, The Murderer’s Daughters came out ahead. One of the characters relationship with her father resonated with me. Finding forgiveness & offering kindess freely, despite a terrible past and opposition from family members, is not an easy thing to do. However, these selfless acts offer a peace that can not be described.
Knowing what I know now, I would make the same choice to offer forgiveness, kindness and understanding to my own father. In the process, unfortunately my relationships with other family members have been harmed. But, that’s on them. I know in my heart that my actions were right & honorable. I can lay my head at night & sleep well, because my conscience is at peace.
While I do struggle with the idea of what family loyalty means, I can not believe or accept that family loyalty requires one to participate in hatefulness & cruelty. Particularly, when the person who taught me about kindness, forgiveness & love is the one expecting me to be cruel & hateful. Regardless, my love for them remains, even if they think differently.
August’s Book List
The Last Child by John Hart
The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritson
The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker
My favorite of the three was John Hart’s The Last Child .
