In the novella-length essay that closes Letters and Life: On Being A Writer, On Being A Christian (Crossway, 2012), author Bret Lott took me back to the day my mom died, and the shadowed valley of days that came after that. The emotional landscape of his relationship with his dad throughout his life was quite different than mine was with my mom, save this: Before he realized his father’s life was nearing an end, while everyone around him was planning for rehab and recovery for him, his dad said, “I know I’ve done wrong things, but I know I’ve been forgiven.” [Read more]
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