I knew immediately that I had finally done the right thing. . .

A sincere apology can heal a rift in a relationship and transform the person who made the apology, as this post from Tooterflooter reveals: "Several years ago when I celebrated a significant anniversary, I neglected to include someone who definitely should have been invited. She had been so much a part of my life, but I just left her out. Too late I realized how much I had hurt her, and I felt bad, but didn't know how to make amends.  It turned out that one day I was conducting a workshop and...