Unforgotten Words
Franchessca woke to the sound of a distant Will Young playing on the
television downstairs. It was Saturday again, which meant she'd stay
in bed for as long as possible, or until her boyfriend called her. She
sat up in bed to be blinded by the light from the window.
"Good morning sunshine" Franchessca said before stretching and
yawning. The house was the same unusual quiet that it was on a
Saturday morning, her mum still in bed and her brother crashed out on
the couch probably stuffing his face with the first, most unhealthy
thing he could find in the kitchen.
She decided to go downstairs for some breakfast.
"Joel get up you lazy get! Jo is right, all you ever do is eat and
sleep!" she stormed past him into the kitchen to put the kettle on for
her mum. It was turning Eleven o'clock so she decided to stay
downstairs and wait for Jo to call. Jo was her boyfriend who she'd met
during the summer, working at the youth centre. It was her mum who got
them together really, for a change she approved in Franchesscas choice
of boy. Jo was a small, slim boy with a strange hairstyle; it was
always messy but looked attractive. He'd met Franchessca before then
and had fell for her the first time they met.
It had started off with a new school project that Franchessca had gone
to for sometime, then, in late July, his school had sent along Jo too.
They both remembered the first time they spoke to each other. It was
amazing for Jo who lingered on to her every word, and still did to the
very day.
"Hi Suzy, is Franki there?"
"Yeah hang on Jo I'll get her for you" It was the same every time Jo
called. He had always found it hard to speak to Franki's mum for a
long time on the phone, it made him stutter a lot.
"Hello?.… Oh hiya Jo how are you baby… My dad's coming down today so I
her. “Even if Joe was not there waiting for her, the change was bound to do her good.”
Jean was going to the stream to get water for the farm she was right by his side. She was
In our The Poison of Unforgiveness piece, I collaborated with my peers in contriving the concepts of our work and incorporating our gifts and talents to compose an exceptional presentation. Although I was unable to pick exactly who I worked with, I am more than overjoyed to have had the opportunity to work with Cynthia, Gabrielle, and Tammisha to create “The Poison of Unforgiveness”. Particularly, I appreciate them so by virtue of the idea that even before we seriously began planning the presentation, we frequently engaged in discourse about the critical concepts discussed in class — in order to foster maximized understanding and connectivity to each other and the concepts. Working with these girls has been nothing short of amazing because
Jackson quickly replies, “Yes!” Then looks at his dad and says, “You know it might not be to bad having mom come along. She brings sandwiches and not just chips.”
“I hate you. I wish I were dead…” are the words of Amy Tan, which are included in her essay “The Most Hateful Words”. The hatred is directed to her mother, with whom, she had a turbulent relationship. The sixteen year old Tan talks about never being able to forgive her mother for all the injustices she had to endure. Tan and her mother didn’t have the greatest relationship, however at the age of 47, Tan saw herself forgiving her ill mother. Forgiveness should be learned and practiced by all, rancor is a heavy burden to carry and can turn a person into a miserable being.
"I eat enough. You don't see me all day long. I eat at other times during the day, too. Just because I don't eat chips when I come home from school or snack on cookies. Just because I'm trying to be healthy, you criticize me for making an effort," Stacie defended, raising her voice.
“This is Gloria and Jenelle, you’ll be chaperoning them today, is that okay or would you rather be alone?” Mr.H asked my dad with concern and a smile.
a lot to Jo as she hasn’t really been there for her daughter all these
I look up at him and smile, I like knowing that Dad sees me as a hero, even though I know I’m not, “Yeah Dad, I like the sound of that.” I turn to head back to the apartment building but stop and turn around to face him again.
His dad smiled softly hearing and sat back down in his chair. "Thanks, Issei. Could you also go check up on your sister? She's probably about to wake up, and I bet she wants to see her older brother."
Every day people have to face situations, big or small, that they have to forgive. This could vary from getting nudged in the hallway to being violated by a loved one, and everyone at some point in his or her life has to face something that seems unforgivable. Eventually we all have to ask ourselves is anything truly unforgivable.
A mother's love is unconditional and everlasting. In Robert Harling's play Steel Magnolias, Harling shows how the mother daughter relationship that M'lynn and Shelby share is the strongest relationship in the play. Harling also proves how that even though a person may die, the feelings others have of that person do not die with them, in fact, in some cases they may actually grow.
One of the biggest issues people seem to have in life is harboring unforgiveness. There have been people who have been hurt in their childhood and have carried those issues into their adulthood. There are people who have said things to others in the body of Christ, causing one to stray away and use this as a reason why they do not gather with other believers or have a “church-home,” and there are families that remain severed over words that have been spoken by family members or painful actions that have been displayed. There are even people who go to work and refuse to say a word to their co-workers because of something that was said to them, or friendships that have been broken all due to the spirit of unforgiveness.
Forgiving and Forgetting “You might forgive, but forgetting is not always possible.” There are many different responses to this statement, and different people hold different opinions, both for and against it. I agree with the statement, because Christians are taught that “to sin is human, to forgive is divine”, proving that it is difficult even to forgive, never mind forget. An argument in favour of the statement is, as human beings, we do not possess the capability to completely wipe out memories from our minds, no matter how hard we may try.
stand still" to wait for her. He also tells her that the "grave is a