Dear Mr. Jones

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Dear Mr. Jones,

I apologize for hurting your feelings, three days before my Thirteenth Birthday. I'm sorry that I said that you were Gay. I wasn't being influenced by any of the other students. I was being influenced by my damaged Self-Esteem. My parents have openly expressed the displeasure that they've felt towards my Cockney Accent, so I've taken it out on a real Cockney, such as you. If I was wise, I would have taken the help that you've tried to offer me. I would have let you phone my parents to tell them to cancel that doctor's appointment, to see why a Canadian would have such a voice. The part about the voice, were my parents' words, not mine. I hope that you accept this apology, which is nearly twenty years overdue.

That student of your's who reminded you of London
In more ways, than one.

Why do I still feel guilty about this, after nearly 20 years?

Because you're a good person...and when a good person does something they regret doing they don't forget it as easily.

I don't know Mr. Jones...but I'm sure he forgave you a long time ago.

I'm sure he forgot all about it. In fact, if you saw him again he probably wouldn't have the slightest clue who you were.

Time moves on. If I worried about every single offensive thing I ever said forever, I'd be dead by the time I was 12.