Local woman writes book about how to get past trauma with forgiveness [Video]

TAMPA, Fla. — Natalie Baird-King is the author of “Forgiving Unforgivable,” a book about overcoming trauma and forgiving those who caused it.

For Baird-King, her trauma started in childhood.

“My dad was abusive to my mother. And as four children, my earliest memory was, I remember him coming home from work. And he pushed my mom into their bedroom, and he started beating her with his belt. And I remember grabbing my sister, and we ran into our bedroom, and we crouched down in our closet, and we were there for a good hour,” said Baird-King.

After witnessing that domestic violence, she repeated the same family history in her first marriage.

“That relationship was abusive, and then the abusive episodes continued, and then that relationship ended. And each relationship ended up getting worse and worse. Ultimately, the last time that I was abused, I got a broken arm from a man I dated and ended up in …