How did a story on "StoryCorpse" make you feel?

Hello everyone, today is a really rainy day, foggy and cold. But on the brighter hand my birthday is this Saturday, November 14th! I will be turning 14 years old, I wont be doing much, I have to go to a commitment for two hours and then I will have a lunch at home made by my mom.

As I got onto StoryCorpse this certain story that I saw popped out the most to me, the title was “I just hugged the man who murdered my son.” I know many people who would not have hugged a murderer who killed their son, but this lady saw something else in the murderer. As I was listening to the story the lady was saying how she takes the murderer and calls him her son. She states she wants to see the murderer graduate college and get married, because she could not see this with her son who passed away she felt a bond with the murderer. When I first saw the title I was extremely surprised with the title, many people would have wanted to strangle the murderer but instead she hugged him. Later in the story the mother mentioned how she lives next to the murderer, if I were in this lady’s situation I would have felt very uncomfterble and would not want the man anywhere near me. Throughout the story as I was listening to it I was very surprised that the lady was so comfortable with the man who murdered her son. I could not find my exact emotions about this story because I was so blown away with how this lady felt about the murderer. Would you have accepted what the man has done and called him your son?

Well thank you for reading my blog today and I hope you have a magnificent day.

Here is the link for the story if you are interested in checking it out: https://storycorps.org/listen/mary-johnson-and-oshea-israel/

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