Dear Former High School Mean Girl

Dear Former High School Mean Girl,

If you're reading this, you've taken the most important step:  You're acknowledging the role you played in high school.  Hopefully that means you've realized how big of a mistake it was.  Hopefully you realized how much your behavior damaged the hearts of so many.  If you have, be proud...not everyone has realized that.

The positive thing here, though, is that you have the opportunity to fix it.  While you may have made a bad choice back then, it doesn't mean you have to keep making that choice.  You can apologize.  Of course it might not change a thing.  That girl you were mean to might not ever forgive you; it doesn't matter.  It's not about that.  It's not about whether or not they forgive you; it's about righting a wrong that was done so long ago.  It's about attempting to super glue back on that chunk you took out of their soul so many years ago.

For every one girl that can't forgive, you will have ten that are grateful.  There will be ten that love your apology.  There will be ten that look at you and appreciate the fact that you took the time to say something.  There will be ten that fill a void in their heart that they didn't know was there just knowing that someone cared enough to make it right.  There will be ten that forgive you.

In the end, it's not about how they react.  It's about you deciding to not be that girl anymore.  I'm proud of you.

Sincerely,
Me