Purdue Football: I Forgive You

I forgive you. I don’t care what any rom-com says, those are the most powerful words we as humans can give to one another. It’s not I love you. Loving is easy. But willingly choosing to forgive someone for doing you wrong takes real courage.

It’s not easy. Trusting someone again. Trusting someone who hurt you.

But it’s so tempting the first time. We’re human. These things happen. You don’t want to waste your investment. You forgive them.

Then they hurt you again.

Up until about a month ago, I hadn’t ever really been betrayed. I know at 29 that makes me one of the few. That if anything I’m lucky it happened at an age where I understand the disposable nature of relationships. We love and then we…