One Day
One day we will be back together
We will reconcile
I will have apologized for crossing her boundaries
I will have apologized for showing her brother more love and making her feel less important
I will have apologized for gossiping to my friends about her and her life
I will have apologized for every way that I let her down
I will have apologized for trying too hard
I will have apologized for apologizing
She will accept my apologies
and come to visit me
……..with trepidation
She will wait for me to say something nasty about her dad
She will wait for me to criticize her boyfriend
She will wait for me to cross a boundary
She will wait to feel unloved
Very, very slowly she will become comfortable with me
One minute
One moment
One hour
One day
Maybe even one week and
Then….
One day
when we are sitting on the beach and her sun streaked hair is dangling in her eyes she will say…
“I’m sorry mom”
It will be a low almost imperceptible whisper
But I will hear it
And without me saying a word she will know
– it’s ok
—written by a PLACE member
