i don't generally watch tv, as i don't have any channels to tune into at home. but the other night i was at my lady friend's house and there was a movie on lifetime, yes, lifetime.
it was a movie about a man who, for no reason, took the life of a high school girl one night. obviously, her parents were upset. he was caught and went to prison to be executed. now, the twist comes, he asks the parents to look after HIS daughter when he is gone, as his mother/her grandmother will die soon.
the killer thought it would help put things right, as he was remorseful/knew he had no reason to kill their little girl. the bereaved parents ended up taking that little girl and raising her as their own. the parents found forgiveness for that man as well in the end. he was dying on the table and he looked through the glass and said, "i'm sorry." the mother looked at him and said,"i forgive you."
i just liked how it had shown that the world, fundamentally, does not make sense, but we all go along every day thinking it does. and those parents realized how the man had been feeling, and they forgave him for that, and did something right instead of something wrong by being embittered. they chose to live life, remember their daughter's life/not her death, and embrace life by taking in a child who would need love. man, that was a powerful movie.
and did i mention it was on lifetime?