Six months ago, my brother and I got in a terrible fight that didn’t end well.
We almost hit each other before he walked out, and I hadn’t talked to him since.
I felt guilty for the things I had said, even though he provoked me. I wanted him back in my life, but I didn’t know how to approach him. I was talking to my spouse about my regrets over the fight, and she told me to apologize. Even if it meant sending him a card for his anniversary, I needed to talk to him. When I didn’t make the overture, my spouse decided she had to. She called the Heating, Ventilation and A/C company he worked in and told them we were concerned with our heater, and the UV air purifier wasn’t working well. They assigned a Heating, Ventilation and A/C professional to us, and she mentioned my brother. I didn’t know we had problems with the Heating, Ventilation and A/C system, so when I saw the repair van in the driveway, I was shocked. I didn’t know my spouse was still talking to my brother’s spouse, so I was doubly surprised to see my brother in the basement. Within five minutes my friend and I were talking and laughing like nothing had happened. I took a deep breath, and apologized for everything I had said, and he apologized also. He looked at me and said all I had to do was call and make sure that something was wrong with the heating system. I smiled, knowing my spouse brought us back together. I had to make sure to take her out to dinner, or maybe my brother and I could all go out for dinner together!