doctor quotes passages from Hannah's journal that reveal that she has been feeling lost and unwanted. In the heated exchange that ensues, she learns that she is adopted, and that her birth mother tried to abort her. Hannah experiences a range of emotions from confusion, to anger, to desperation. She seeks out her best friend, Jason (Jason Burkey), for advice. After sorting through her feelings and her options with Jason, she decides to find her birth mother. She sets out on a journey that leads her to her birthplace, Mobile, Alabama. She locates the nurse (Jasmine Guy) who assisted in the abortion, and they have an emotional encounter. When she finally meets her biological mother (Shari Rigby), she is overwhelmed with feelings of rejection, anger and hatred. She wanders aimlessly until she sees a Catholic church and goes in. She seeks consolation from a priest (Rodney Clark). He says to her: Because we have been forgiven by God, we should forgive each other. In Jesus Christ, you are forgiven, and, because you are forgiven, you have the power to forgive, to choose to forgive. Let it go. Hatred is a burden you no longer need to carry. Only in forgiveness can you be free, Hannah?forgiveness that is well beyond your grasp, or mine, a forgiveness that you can?t find on a trip or even in this cathedral. But, if the Son shall set you free, you will be free indeed. Hannah experiences an epiphany and finds she is able to forgive her birth mother and forget about the botched abortion.

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