My husband hadn’t seen his sister for 10 years. We were Jehovah's Witnesses and thanks to their disgusting, arbitrary brainwashing, 10 years of loving our family was wasted shunning them.
For his 35th birthday this year, only the 2nd one we've ever celebrated, I arranged for his baby sister to be back in his arms. Something bigger than me, and something more arduous than the 8 hour drive got her here though. Something more than I could hope to conduct made this possible and I am so grateful.
She’s the one who did all the work. She’s the one who did the forgiving. We have so much to make up for, but this moment, this is the strived-for, pinnacle moment that is the priceless recompense for anyone who has turned their back on unconditional love in the Name of God. Never give up. We never imagined we would leave until we found out the Truth about “The Truth”. This is the Paradisiac reunion we fruitlessly strived for under the thumb of dictators. This is God’s love, here and now, overflowing in the life he gave us, right now! This moment is possible for everyone.