Apologies
Today is Sunday and I kinda allow myself a sabbath on Sundays. It was mostly just being a dad. I did have a friend come by with her daughters unexpectedly. I will not go into details, but I took to the unexpected visit in an unkind way. They were just trying to be nice and I was in the middle of family stuff and I treated them like an intrusion and a big fat dork. Five minutes later I find myself making an apology call to my friend and her daughters. She called me and we talked and all was settled, but her kids were not quite there yet. They kinda felt like I was a jerk. So I sent them an email telling them I was sorry. Apparantly they never really had an adult male apologize to them, the kids, and care about what they think. That is a shame, but I am glad I got to redeem myself and make an impression of what a man should be. So there is a lesson. This lesson may cost me ice cream, but that is cool.
An error, asking for forgiveness, and then having to work at it a little, and then forgiveness comes with a stronger impression than would have existed without being a big fat dork.
