Kitty Forman's Character From 'Forgiveness'

Kitty Forman is Eric's mother. Not only is she a housewife, but she is also a nurse. She is the one who does the cooking and cleaning around the house. Her children Eric and Laurie are older so they are able to tend to themselves. Red, who is the father doesn't do anything around the house. His day consist of working, drinking beer, and reading the newspaper. Red's housework consists of fixing things around the house like plumbing and fixing the lawnmower. Kitty is seen as the mother figure for all of Eric's friends. She has a softer side and is always willing to give his friends advice. Red jokes a lot about the price that Kitty spends on food because they are on a budget mainly throughout the seasons of the show. I do recall one time he …show more content…
I forgive you for what you have done to me, however I will never forget the pain. I understand that in order for me to move forward with my life, I must forgive you not only for you, but for my own well-being. I cannot harp on the past and your hurtful decisions, I can only focus on the present. However, please understand and be aware that just because I forgive you this doesn’t mean that I want to rekindle my relationship with you. I am not reconciling with you, I am simply just forgiving you. Thus, I have no desire to reconcile our relationship at this point in my life because I am not ready to do so and I feel that doing so is unhealthy for me. I wish you all the best in your future and I’m hopeful that someday we will be able to be the friends that we once …show more content…
I believe it’s a form of inner peace. When you forgive someone you truly let go of all the resentment and ill feelings that you’ve had toward them and it’s about letting go of the past and moving forward, however that doesn’t necessarily mean moving forward in a new relationship with them. Sometimes we have to forgive people so that we are not carrying baggage in our lives, but that doesn’t mean that we have to associate with them. I have been hurt numerous times in my life by people that I never thought were even capable of doing so. Some of the relationships I have reconciled and others were just damaged to the point of no return. In the end, I’ve learned that in order for me to live a positive and healthy life I must forgive the ones who have done me wrong and be at peace with myself regardless if that means the relationship is fixable or