Self-defining

I think I had to come back home to realize just how much I am no longer defined by my past, how far I've come, and how strong I really am.

I can forgive my father because he no longer has any power over me. It's not just that he is old and weak and dying, or that he's not the same man he once was, it's more to do with the changes that have occurred in me. The power of who I am belongs to me now. I now make the choices that define who I am, and the choices I've made, make it so that I can see him for who he is now, and forgive him for a past that no longer exists.