A PERSONAL DECLARATION OF UNFORGIVENESS A Statement for My Own Records No matter what the future holds, no matter what may eventually be illuminated or what may remain hidden, no matter what truths may come to light or what may never be acknowledged, I make this declaration for myself and my own records: I will not forgive those who have haunted my life, caused me duress, or harmed me in any way, shape, or form. I will not forgive those who have harmed me physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, economically, religiously, or covenantally. I will not forgive those who have stalked, tortured, manipulated, coerced, intimidated, betrayed, or otherwise inflicted harm upon me. I will not forgive those whose actions have damaged my life, violated my dignity, undermined my sovereignty, or taken from me things that cannot simply be restored by an apology, an explanation, or the passage of time. This declaration is not made because I have failed to consider forgiveness. It is not mad...
Tomorrow, October 29, 2026, the No Contact Order reaches its expiration. It has lasted this long, and when it ends, I will not mistake the expiration of a legal restriction for an invitation to reopen what has already ended. I refuse to acknowledge him in my present or welcome anyone from my past back into my life simply because time has passed or circumstances have changed. I refuse to pretend that the end of a legal order means the restoration of a relationship, the renewal of a covenant, or the return of a person to a place in my life that they no longer occupy. I have spent enough of my life watching the secular world, controlling institutions, and abusive people presume to possess authority over things they have neither the right nor the power to own. They may impose restrictions, issue orders, establish procedures, and attempt to dictate the terms under which I am permitted to live, but they will not kill my soul, command my conscience, or place themselves above my G...