The Committee for Education and Cultural Action started National Forgiveness Day in 1998. The name has since been changed to Global Forgiveness Day. Happening on June 26 of every year it’s a time to forgive and to be forgiven. In honor of the day, I came up with my own list of those that I wanted to forgive or ask for forgiveness.
1. I would like to ask for forgiveness from those two cows remaining on by “dumb cow list” even though your complete idiocy got you on the list in the first place, I ask you 0503 and 1198 to forgive me for calling you “stupid bovine” every time I see you.
2. To my brother whom I “accidently” stabbed in the foot with a pitchfork when I was in grade school…I’m sorry.
3. To the Boss Man’s Wife for the best April Fools joke in college ever: including an officer, a fax machine, and being hung over in the slammer…even though you did ground me for life…please forgive me.
4. To my banker for saying “I sometimes forget you are a girl.” I forgive you.
5. For blaming the hired hand that left 10 years ago for all the breakdowns that are still happening today…I’m sorry… (But I doubt I quit doing it!)
6. To that same hired hand for asking (when I was welding on an autogate) “how come you aren’t in the kitchen cooking?” You are forgiven (with very clinched teeth!)
7. To Ryan, for leading him on the first night we met by telling him I drove a Prius…please forgive me. (Though I bet he’s happy the “Prius” was a Powerstroke.)
8. To grandma for trying out the new semi-automatic laser on her kitchen walls from a third of a mile away…if you saw the green laser designs, I apologize and no it was not extraterrestrial.
9. To the Boss Man for putting him in blogs. International Forgiveness Day is coming up in July, so I will probably ask for forgiveness for that again then.
10. To my readers and editor…just because I’m sure I need to be forgiven for something!
Happy Forgiveness Day!