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When You Can't Forgive

Living With Wounds

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Viam
Aug 11, 2024
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Humans hurt each other. Sometimes voluntarily, sometimes involuntarily. Sometimes, it’s small scars. And sometimes it’s knives right in the middle of the shoulder blades.

When someone far from our circle bites us like a snake, easy answer: cut ties.

But what happens when it’s someone in our close circle? A friend, a best friend, a cousin, a lover, a broth…

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