Hi Sarah,

I don’t see anything wrong with this at all, and it takes a very big person to apologize no matter how many years have gone by. I am in a 12 step program. Step 6, states “make amends to people you have hurt, unless it would cause them harm or distress”. There have been so many people in my past that I have said unkind things to, and I wish I could make amends or apologize. However, it’s too late, because most of these people are deceased, or have moved, cut me out of their lives. I wish I would have apologized sooner, so instead of living with regret, I have gone to their graves and just talked and hope God will give them a message in some way. Or I will write a letter and read it out loud expressing my regret and how sorry I am for any pain I caused them. For the people that cut me out of their life, they did not like that “I was different” due to mental illness. I do not really want to make amends with people like this, because I could be Mother Theresa and they would find something to disapprove. So yes, I think that apologizing would be the right thing to do, especially if you are feeling regret.