Image credit: Photo by odedgal on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Austen's babysitter quit. On the one hand, I don't blame her. Austen has the ability to terrorize his babysitters in a way he does no one else except delivery people, to whom he is like a very loud and aggressive dog; he wants none [...]
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Letting Go Is Magical Haikus
Janie was playing and tossed a word thoughtlessly: called her sitter "dumb." She'd been told it hurts -- she'd been told not to use it -- but out the word tripped. Her sitter, calm, said "That really hurts my feelings," as Jane's lip quivered. Jane whispered "sorry," ran off to her room to hide, fell [...]
I Will Never, Not Ever, Say I’m Sorry
Image credit: Photo by Ninha Morandini on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I apologize. A lot. For plenty of things I didn't do or cause. But because we humans are so dang complicated and inconsistent, there are other times when I'll obstinately refuse to apologize for hurts I have actually inflicted. I won't want to [...]
Sorry!
Image credit: Photo byboxchain on Flickr(It's codie graffiti!) I tend to apologize for things. A lot. If things are going less than perfectly, if I'm less than perfect, it's hard for me to go 15 seconds without "I'm so sorry" slipping out. If you've met me in real life, you've almost certainly heard me apologize [...]
