Thank you for writing this inspiring and insightful piece on forgiveness. This is a subject close to my heart therefore I also wrote several articles about it. I link one of them here as a reference to enhance the meaning of your great story.

Convert Pain into Peace with the Healing Power of Forgiveness.

https://medium.com/sensible-biohacking-transhumanism/the-healing-power-of-forgiveness-by-converting-pain-into-peace-and-joy-97f58de0685c