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A Public Apology To Trinidad Garcia, Walker, Mertz
Contributed by: Rose West Ekerholm on 9/26/2007

Dear Trinidad,

I'm sorry that I was such a self-centered brat when you knew me. I'm also sorry for the pain and heartache I caused your son. He is a special man, and he'll always be a wonderful memory. He didn't deserve me at all. I hope he's happy now, has a family, and a woman that is good to him. One that's willing to learn how to cook his favorite foods, learn what his passions are (besides art and music), and have conversations with him. One that's not afraid to tell him how she feels, what she wants, and is willing to try to work things out instead of run away when she's unhappy with how things are going.

I'm sorry that I never thanked you for letting me stay with you when I was 17. I'm sorry we became enemies. I really liked you. I had respect and admiration for you. You were honest, direct, and had a big heart. You only wanted the best for your kids. You were a hard worker then, too. I'm sorry that I was so self-centered that I never even bothered to ask you what you did when you went to work every day. I didn't know anything about you. I'm sorry I didn't ask you to teach me how to cook, or speak Spanish.

I'm sorry I didn't get to know you better. Like what books you like to read, what music you like, what you liked to do...crafts, sew,.....whatever it was that interested you.

Most of all I'm sorry for what we could have had, but never did. I'm sorry I hurt your son. I'm sorry I adopted out his (our) daughter. If it's any consolation at all, I hurt myself the most. I lost the most wonderful man a woman could ask for, I lost a great mother-in-law I could have everhad. I missed out in raising a wonderful daughter. These are all things that haunt me now, and always will.

I'm thankful that God is so forgiving, and loves me enough that he gave me the chance to find her, and in a little over a week from now, I'll finally meet her face to face. Yes, if that sounds strange for me to say...it's because I became a Born again Christian in 1976. I'm no longer in a cult.

I just thought an apology is long overdue. I wish it could be in person. I wish you had read the letters I wrote to you instead of sending them back. I'm sorry that I get so frustrated and angry that you won't tell your son about his daughter. I wish you could forgive me. But, then, why should you? I can't forgive myself...I'm just glad that my Lord and Savior forgave me. If not for Him, I don't know where I'd be now...I guess still going down the wrong path, making horrible, tragic choices, or maybe even dead.

Again, I apologize, and I thank you for trying to be my friend once.

In Him,
Rose West Ekerholm


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Rose West Ekerholm has posted 34 stories and 14 comments since joining on 7/9/2006. Rose West Ekerholm 's average story rating is 5.
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