I'm sure I've forgotten something more than once, but the first and maybe more horrible (to me) time was when I was a very young woman. My husband's family was in (semi) crisis over something his younger sister had gotten into and I was the only woman available to go talk with her, which I dutifully did. Afterwards, I found that I had totally missed my older sister's FIRST baby shower, that I mistakenly thought was the next day. It was a big deal! This was before cell phones, so nobody could call or text me once I was out of the house to say "where are you???". I was SO devastated and when I called my sister to apologize, I cried and cried ! I could not believe I had done that ! It made me feel weepy now just to type that ! LOL ...geezzz
It's unfortunate that we are all only human afterall. ha ha.... sigh
Hmm, that's not good. I mean it's not like you get another chance at that the following year. It seems like you've still not gotten over it too, I'm sorry.
I think we need to find a little kindness for ourselves, we are only human as you say, and so are fallible.
Nope ! No 2nd chances on that. I haven't thought about it in a very long time, but it did seem to step forward when I thought on things I had forgotten that were important.
I generally let myself get away with a lot, too much sometimes I think. Most things aren't that important though.
Don't sweat the small stuff is a phrase I agree with, but sometimes we need to find a little room to accept that we're human and fuck up the big stuff sometimes. I've missed some big things too, not through forgetting, through not being around when they happened, I regret it but have to move on. You know?
Yep ! I know !
Can't carry around forever the things that happened that you can't change, that is for sure.