Jerry Davich

Metro columnist

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."

Could you forgive the killer of your loved one? Can you choose grace over resentment? Would you do it instinctively, through faith or reluctantly, through grief?

These questions flashed through my mind as I watched Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, tell millions of people Sunday that she has forgiven her husband’s shooter.

"I forgive him," she said through tears during an emotional memorial in Glendale, Arizona. “I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and it is what Charlie would do."

Her husband, who co-founded Turning Point USA, was killed Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. His alleged killer, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson

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