Tension fills the room and black clouds linger by the ceiling fan. Dinner was late, bills piled up, nobody called home.
Now you’re steaming in front of the TV while they’re crying softly in the bedroom upstairs. The stalemate burns quietly until they come down, enter the room slowly, grab your shirt sleeves and look right at you with a pair of warm, moist eyes while starting to give you a soft, smiling apology.
But you see them coming and your stomach churns with a wave of regret so before they even get it out, you interrupt with a head shake and a hug.
AWESOME!
Photo from: here
22 Comments
September 18, 2009 at 12:51 am
This is so sweeeeeeet. :)
September 18, 2009 at 12:57 am
A very awesome thing that I haven’t experienced in quite a while.
September 18, 2009 at 3:42 am
I love wordless apologies….I feel like they say more than a whole book full of sorrys ever could.
September 18, 2009 at 6:42 am
That one’s a tear jerker. = D
September 18, 2009 at 7:32 am
Truly awesome. I think I need a hug.
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September 18, 2009 at 9:16 am
*hug*
This one made me get teary-eyed. Wordless apologies always end with something awesome: a really good, half-sobbing laugh or a kiss.
September 18, 2009 at 9:16 am
Aww..cute picture!
September 18, 2009 at 9:27 am
… awesome
September 18, 2009 at 9:57 am
Sweeet picture! Though I confess, I do prefer hearing at least a couple of mumbled words of apology before the makeup hug.
September 18, 2009 at 11:43 am
Yeah, hugs are pretty awesome. Big “guts hugs” from the kiddos are most awesome of all. “Guts hugs” — fyi — is a hug so big it “squeezes your guts.” At least that’s how my son described it. :-)
September 18, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Getting one from the kiddies is the bestest hugs of all. Esp. when they are saying their sorry for some minor thing they did wrong.
Kids hugs….Awesome!
September 18, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Getting one from the kiddies is the bestest hugs of all. Esp. when they are saying they’re sorry for some minor thing they did wrong.
Kids hugs….Awesome!
September 18, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Never talk during when apologizing, it only locks you into a story.
September 19, 2009 at 2:02 am
Apologies are great – everybody is at some point in need of either giving one or receiving one!!
September 20, 2009 at 2:18 pm
YES! Awesome! This brought tears to my eyes.
September 20, 2009 at 11:16 pm
I consider myself so lucky that my mom never let me cry in my room by myself, she would always come up and hug me, I love her so much for that! And I get the point of your post, it’s so sweet! The picture says it all!
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September 21, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Absolutely!
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December 26, 2009 at 3:05 pm
It’s more than awesome, it’s perfect.
The best wordless apology I’ve ever had was a kiss. It says it all.
April 27, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Where are those geometric avatars from? How are they generated? How do I get one . . .
July 14, 2010 at 8:56 pm
If it’s after a tiff with a partner, my favorite part is the long, lingering kiss afterward.