innocence
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Merriam-Webster defines innocence as: freedom from legal guilt of a particular crime or offense; freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil : blamelessness; lack of knowledge; freedom from guile or cunning : simplicity; and lack of worldly experience or sophistication. When I look at those definitions as given the very acts of…
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In the quiet corners of my mind, I often wander back to a time when innocence was my closest companion. Those days of childhood, once bright with endless possibilities, were shadowed by the neglect and abuse that slowly eroded my trust in the world. I remember the cold, indifferent faces, the harsh words that stung…
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I have often wondered if God is guilty of neglecting me? What sin did I do to cause the abuse and pain that was shot into my life when I was born? What atrocity had I done, when at 18, I married a man to find freedom from my prison – only to receive another…