Wings of a Bird

Use their personal horrors as an excuse to abuse others? Not these people - Seattle P-I
... It made me think of, and be thankful for, all the people I've interviewed or read about who've endured their own horrors but still gone on to do worlds of good without ever blaming or suing anyone.
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I thought about KOMO weekend anchor Molly Shen who brutally lost her innocence to rape by an invading stranger in the place she should have been safest -- her childhood bedroom. But she refuses to live in shadows, offering strength and hope to other survivors of sexual attack.
And former Seattle weathercaster Shelly Monahan, who spoke bravely on behalf of victims after reporting being assaulted by the infamous South Hill rapist, Kevin Coe.
I remembered young Remi Street, the adopted Ecuadorian son of former Seattle City Councilman Jim Street and his wife, Ann. Rather than turn angry and destructive after his beloved older brother, Edwin, was struck and killed by a truck, Remi turned his energies to saving the rain forest by buying parcels of land with local "trash-a-thon" fundraisers.
And Kristin Pang, who grew up to be an idealistic and caring activist rather than wallow in the fact that, at age 10, her father, Martin, became the region's most reviled killer arsonist. It was Martin who torched his parents' Mary Pang Food Products warehouse for the insurance money, killing four Seattle firefighters in the process.
But it was Kristin who, at 19, organized a "Whiskers on Wheels" bus to rescue pet victims of Hurricane Katrina. ...