Six months ago, my sister and I got in a horrible fight that didn’t end well.
We almost came to blows before she walked out, and I hadn’t talked to her since.
I felt terrible for the things I had said, although she greatly annoyed me. I wanted her back in my life, but I didn’t know how to approach her. I was talking to my wife about my regrets over the fight, and she told me to apologize. Even if it meant sending her a card for her birthday, I needed to talk to her. When I didn’t make the overture, my wife decided she had to leave. She called the heating and air conditioning contractor she worked in and told them we had a problem with our heater, and the media air cleaner wasn’t working well. They assigned a heating and air conditioning professional to us, but she asked specifically for my sister. I was unaware that we had issues with the heating and air conditioning system, so when I saw the service van in the driveway, I was shocked. I didn’t know my wife was still talking to my sister’s wife, so I was doubly surprised to see my sister in the basement. Within five minutes we were talking and laughing like nothing had happened. I took a deep breath, and apologized for everything I had said, and she also apologized. She looked at me and said all I had to do was call and make up that something was wrong with the heater. I smiled, knowing my wife brought us back together. I had to make sure to take her out to dinner, or maybe we could all go out for dinner as a foursome.