I love showing a roadmap to forgiveness in the book. In a story that shares more than enough examples of how life can be horribly unfair and sad, I want kids to see examples of how things can go well or be done helpfully. How things can go right.
The narrative must be ours, and I say it is the story of living, together, with others, as the best revenge. We are honored by the support of others. We are made more human with our support for them in turn. It is when we stand with others that we are all best seen.
I have had mixed feelings about my relationship to Judaism and my specific relationship to worship, but Saturday’s events strengthened my resolve. As I heard the news of the eleven people who lost their lives, I thought about those people worshipping as I was before being gunned down.
