One of the families was the McMurray family-John McMurray co-authored this book with you-and you spent about four years with them. You write a paragraph-and I want you to answer this question, though, that you write about in your book. It’s not that I wanted John to pick me up and set me on his lap, but it did make me wonder why God would allow me to grow up without a father saying he loved me or was glad I was around.” You said, “The McMurray family dynamics allowed me to picture what should have existed in my own life. I want to ask you, Don-you’ve now written a book. You’ve now spent a couple of years, reflecting on your lack of a relationship with your father. What’s your answer to that question? Why did God allow that?ĭon: Well, that’s one of the toughest questions that we deal with. I can only tell you what comforted me, in my not getting an answer to that question. It was a very, very difficult time for me. I was wrapping up this book-had spent a year thinking about all the stuff that I didn’t know because I grew up without a dad-and the ways I was trying to deal with that-and offering hope to people, and-ĭennis: Let’s say, at this point, your father stepped out of your life, when you were about two-ĭon: -when I was about two. I was reading a book-now, remember, I’m having a difficult time. You know, just before Father’s Day-and I was reading a book by Antjie Krog called Country of My Skull. The book was about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. These people, who had been oppressed, many of them murdered, horrible things had taken place-and Bishop Tutu said-he said, “The people who should be on this commission should be victims, legitimate victims, who have had their lives ripped apart by the atrocities of Apartheid-but not arrogant victims, instead, wounded healers.” Bishop Tutu was asked by the government, “Who should be on this Truth and Reconciliation Commission?” (the commission that was going to reconcile the government, post-Apartheid).
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