This parent's pride is lacerated. And the individual, often a child, who has caused the rupture can't be easily forgiven. Maybe he or she doesn't wish to beg for forgiveness. Maybe he or she is as stubborn as the parent. People choose sides.
People cease speaking to one another, sometimes for years.
And only after a duration of time can things be made right again and healing can begin again. In lucky families, this is. The Mulvaneys are a family in which the pride of one dominant individual is fatally injured, but they are also a family in which forgiveness finally, belatedly, occurs. Harpo Inc. All rights reserved. All Rights Reserved.