Lanza murdered 20 young kids along with six staff members. The senseless brutality of the crime is almost inconceivable and left this small-town Connecticut community in absolute ruins. As first responders closed in, Lanza realized there was no way out and turned his weapon on himself.

There would be no justice in this horrific crime. No-one would be held to account—only the languishing pain of the grieving would serve as a reminder of that fateful day.

I don't know about you, but when the news broke of the shooting, my immediate reaction was utter fury—an unadulterated rage over the fact that this sick individual could "get away" with such an evil and heinous crime. (Screengrab via NBC Nightly News)

Remarkably, however, over the five years that have elapsed, some of the parents of those killed have been making a conscious effort to forgive Lanza. One of them is Scarlett Lewis, the mother of murdered six-year-old Jesse Lewis, who helped save the lives of many of his classmates on that fateful day.

"The time that I break down, and I really am at my lowest, is when I think about the massiveness of that tragedy. It is almost too much to bear," Scarlett explains in a powerful video at NBC (Click here to watch).

"Jesse was like a little cuddle bug. His energy filled every corner of the room. He would literally come downstairs ever morning and would be jumping on the couches."

Scarlett detailed the astonishing heroics of her son as Lanza approached his classroom with murderous intent.

"When the gunman came into Jesse's room, his gun either jammed or ran out of bullets. During the short delay, Jesse called to his classmates and told them to run," she explained. "They said because he told them to run, they ran, and he was able to save nine of his classmate's lives before losing his own."

"That bravery of Jesse's has really helped me, because I think about that every day when I wake up."

Throughout these past five years, Scarlett has been journeying through an excruciating process of forgiveness. For a long time, she felt as if her anger towards Lanza was doing more harm than good, and she realized she needed to make a conscious decision to let him go.

"I felt like I was attached by almost like an umbilical cord to the shooter right afterwards," she recalled. "All of my personal power drained out of me in the form of anger. And through this cord into the shooter. I was dragging him around with me everywhere."

"Forgiveness for me was like a big set of scissors. I took those scissors and I cut this cord that attached me to the thing that was hurting me. It doesn't mean that thoughts don't creep in and other things don't make me angry." (Screengrab via NBC Nightly News)

Then, as she prepared to say goodbye to Jesse one final time, Scarlett noticed a message her little boy had scrawled across their kitchen chalkboard. These three striking words changed everything.

"I was coming home to the farmhouse the first time to get Jesse's clothes for the funeral. On my way out I came upon this message that Jesse had left on our kitchen chalkboard. He wrote three words...

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