First. Thanks for such a touching piece. I guess I'd heard of this option. Your short but gentle recount put it in better order for me.

The work of course brings to mind the work of the great Dale Schihully, (spell?)., whom my first wife took glass work classes from a long, long time ago.

Second:

The conundrum of finding one self in the itchy situation of having to take back things one maybe shouldn't have said. Happens to me rather often. Open mouth and insert boot, geez.

Sometimes too, I think that those who complain of my words might be a serious card or two short of having a human sized sense of humor. Their compassion? Absent.

So. Allow your heart to lift a bit. Time does tend to heal most of these ill guided utterances.

So a hearty, 'join the club' to you.