I did not want to forgive my father. I was filled with anger for him having forced me to have an abortion in my teens. More so, how can anyone expect me to forgive after what he had done? I held on to my anger like a jewel and walked around in it for years although I never wanted to even really admit it was there. It seemed so justified.
It took the love of God in my life for me to even begin to want to let go. It took me understanding that forgiveness is a decision we have to make, sometimes over and over again. With abortion (and many other things) there are often many people we need to forgive, including ourselves.
I thought this article was worth linking too. Do you need to forgive someone..perhaps yourself..decide to forgive..God will help you
"Forgiveness breaks the
connection with the unlove of the past. It is a pathway of healing. It's a
lifelong practice. There's always something we have to
forgive. It's a moment by moment grace. When we simply allow the Lord to
empower our choice to forgive, then the transformation process begins. Then we
begin to change."
So says Father Lou Cerulli — a
powerful priest (from Canada) and an expert at what they call
family or intergenerational healing. It's a heavy statement, full of
meaning we have to digest: Forgiveness. Christ said to do it all the time — not
just seven times, but seven times seventy: meaning constantly. It
lifts us out of current crises — stops the aggravation that so often mires us
and our loved ones — and when applied to past generations, even to the deceased,
claims
this priest, it can have surprising results. This is
especially important in the closing moments of this month during which we pray
for those in purgatory.
read the rest here: http://www.spiritdaily.com/cerulli2.htm
Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion 
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