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A Peace Prayer: Forgiveness for SisterΒ Maria

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By SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONSPublished about 19 hours ago β€’ 1 min read

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praying for healingΒ .Β .Β 

remembering my loving older sister.Β .Β .Β 

fighting mean bullies and sitting on them.Β .Β .Β 

telling them she will kill them next time if they try.Β .Β .Β .

smiling because my sister loved me with all her heart.Β .Β .

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praying for healingΒ .Β .Β 

not understanding English.Β .Β 

remembering my Korean sister.Β .Β .Β 

reading children's books to me to helpΒ .Β .Β .

telling our mother to stop speaking KoreanΒ .Β .Β .

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praying for healingΒ .Β .Β 

having my father abuse us.Β .Β .Β 

beating us up and taking clothes off.Β .Β .

doing vile things to us nightly and secretly.Β .Β .Β 

becoming siblings that feared our father would kill us..Β .Β .

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praying for healing.Β .Β ..

both of us having cancer.Β .Β .Β 

hearing my sister cry of the painΒ .Β .Β 

exploding and telling me to die a terrible death.Β .Β .Β 

crying because my hero was dying and died a terrible death.Β .

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praying for healingΒ .Β .Β 

remembering my loving older sister.Β .Β .Β 

fighting mean bullies and sitting on them.Β .Β .Β 

telling them she will kill them next time if they try.Β .Β .Β .

smiling because my sister loved me with all her heart.Β .Β .

πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€

praying for healingΒ .Β .Β 

not understanding English.Β .Β 

remembering my Korean sister.Β .Β .Β 

reading children's books to me to helpΒ .Β .Β .

telling our mother to stop speaking KoreanΒ .Β .Β .

πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€

praying for healingΒ .Β .Β 

having my father abuse us.Β .Β .Β 

beating us up and taking clothes off.Β .Β .

doing vile things to us nightly and secretly.Β .Β .Β 

becoming siblings that feared our father would kill us..Β .Β .

πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€πŸŒ€

praying for healing.Β .Β ..

both of us having cancer.Β .Β .Β 

hearing my sister cry of the painΒ .Β .Β 

exploding and telling me to die a terrible death.Β .Β .Β 

crying because my hero was dying and died a terrible death.Β .

. . . Rest in Peace

. . . . . . Rest in Peace

. . . . . . . . Rest in Peace

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About the Creator

SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS

DR. WAYNE STEIN Ted Talk Speaker, Amazon Author, Asian Gothic Scholar; Yoga Certified, Black Belts. Writer Program Admin, Writing Center Director, Cancer Survivor, Korean Born , Raised in Japan and Italy, grew up In Los Angeles.

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  • Mark Grahamabout 14 hours ago

    This is quite the emotional piece of writing. Godspeed.

  • Andrea Corwin about 16 hours ago

    Very powerful and quite disturbing and sad (is it true?). I love the music/prayerful chanting.

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