Why did it work out after such a long estrangement? The most important thing I did was realize what part I played in it. As long as you think everything is the other person’s fault, you’re never going to have any kind of communication. If you want to reconcile, you have to have some understanding of that and stop throwing blame totally on the other person. In fact, drop the blame altogether and say, “This is the situation, and this is what happened” and accept that.
