Everyone probably has someone they wish they could apologize to about…something. I like to think that I’ve been a pretty kind person overall, but I know I’ve had my moments of awfulness. I might be smarter than a lot of people, and funnier than a lot of people, but I’m definitely not one bit nicer than I’ve had to be.
Today, I would like to apologize for the following sin.
6th grade. A friend and I hid another girl’s jacket as a joke. We meant to give it back at the end of class, but by the end of the day we’d forgotten about it. Part of the plan was that she would make a fuss about it when she realized it was gone, and we’d laugh and give it back. She didn’t say a word, she just left quietly without it. From what our teacher said the next day, her father was angry. I’m guessing she meant physically angry. We could not apologize hard enough to get that girl un-hit.
I still feel queasy about it.