Forgiveness

Eric Smallridge was a drinker. Despite the consequences he drove drunk. One night as he was driving drunk he hit two teenage girls, Megan and Lisa. Both girls died that night. Eric was sent to prison and that was that. Megan's mother said that she had felt as if she had justice, that our country's justice system did them right. He was sent for 22 years. One day Renee, Megan's mother, reached out to Eric. She wanted to forgive him for what he had done. It was like a burden lifted form Eric's shoulders. He wrote back to her and explained how sorry he was for having done what he did. After that he started going to high schools with Renee to explain the dangers of drinking and driving to students. This got his sentence reduced and he was eventually let out early. We learn from this not just that drinking and driving is  a horrible mixture but that forgiveness is always the way to go.