Better Late Than Never? Is It True?

This morning I was cruising this blog, thinking how strange that there had been no recent posts. A quick check of the schedule showed that I had missed my blog date! I have some excuses...the main one being that I feel as if I've been non-stop traveling (from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and quite a few places in between) since I settled my daughter in for her second year at Dalhousie University in Halifax. (And that explains the picture of the lighthouse!)

So here I am, 3 days late, asking is late really better than never?
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has experienced someone's hospitality, thought about sending flowers, or at least a thank you card, then somehow failed on the execution. Is this one of those cases where late is better than never?

 And what about apologies? Gifts for important occasions that have somehow slipped by? Do you make the apology, buy the gift...or just promise yourself you'll make it up to them next time?

And how can we stop this cycle of forgetting and atoning? I'm not sure of the answer. It seems as if every woman I know is complaining about her memory not being what it should be. So on the plus side, when we're late, or we forget entirely, we can usually count on some understanding.

Maybe the answer is learning how to use technology better, so we are sent reminders for all the important events in our lives. But then isn't there a risk that we just depend on the technology and so our memories become even more feeble and unreliable?

No answers from me today. Just a lot of questions. And a promise--I really mean it!--that next time I will blog on the correct day.

CJ Carmichael
www.cjcarmichael.com
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