Children know how to forgive!

Greg Lowry has been in our family for years since he married my niece. He stayed a part of our family as they went through having two children and then got a divorce. Greg had been married brefore and had three children from that marriage. He has not chosen to be a real part of any of his children's lives or did he bear financial responsibility for them.

Instead, he spent his money on himself when he worked and when he was diagnosed with an illness that produced seizures, he was unable to work. Last night they found him in a local park, homeless where he had been for nearly three weeks; for five days he had had nothing to eat. When his son was notified, all of the children forgot their anger and came together at the hospital trying to take care of him. So did his sister and my niece, his ex-wife.

No one wanted him to end up homeless; yet, he did not try to keep his own kids from being homeless through his efforts.

I wondered what he thought when his five children showed up to help him. I am happy that they did not take time to think about whether he deserved their love and attention.Maybe that is the secret of forgiveness; just showing up when someone is in trouble.