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Old Jan 14, 2010, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by farmergirl View Post
I had very good parents who made some critical mistakes that ended up causing me a lot of pain (and hours in therapy). It isn't all black and white. No one is perfect and it is okay to acknowledge your parents' mistakes and the pain they have caused. Accepting them with all of their faults IS honoring them. Honor doesn't mean we have to be blind to their mistakes. We can acknowledge them; we can be angry about them. It's okay.
Farmergirl,

Thank you for addressing my black and white thinking. Accepting them with all of their faults IS honoring them. That is a good point. Because i really do truly want to accept them. It's just that i am mad too and i can't help it.