We all have sorrows about past actions or inactions, but in most cases, there were mistakes made that you were not aware of at that time.

A Mother is a woman before she became a mother, therefore, she is still only human.

• If you are a mother and you realized that you feel bad because of this list, now is the time to forgive yourself.
• If there are some bad feelings between you and your child/children today is a good day to reach out and have that tough conversation that you’ve been trying to avoid. 

On the flip side, if you are a daughter or son of a mother that you harbor bad feelings, today is a good day for understanding and forgiveness. 

Forgiveness is not about the other person, it’s about releasing the pain/disappointment so you can feel free. Also, if you want to mend the relationship with your mother you have to forgive her first, life is always shorter than we think and regret is not the last emotion you want to feel.

Sometimes we just want an apology. Do you have a daughter or son you need to apologize to?

Some things on this list your mother could not teach you because maybe she didn’t have the skills.

20 THINGS YOUR MOTHER IS PROBABLY SORRY FOR

1. Sorry for not saying she’s proud of you more.
2. Sorry for not teaching you more about how important it is to have high self-esteem and confidence.
3. Sorry for not telling you more about the importance of using the word “no” so that others won’t take advantage of you.
4. Sorry for yelling at you when she was mad at someone or something else.
5. Sorry for not encouraging you more to go after your dreams.
6. Sorry for not having more fun experiences with you when you were younger.
7. Sorry for not recognizing when she hurt your feelings because she may have accused you of something you didn’t do.
8. Sorry for making you feel that your brother or sister was her favorite.
9. Sorry for not having enough money to pay for everything you wanted to do, have, learn, or experience.
10. Sorry for not having enough time to spend with you while you were growing up.
11. Sorry for any negative remarks she made about your character.
12. Sorry for pushing you to pursue the career she wanted you to have.
13. Sorry for trying to stop you from making your own mistakes so you can learn what’s best for you which may have caused huge fights and created distance in your relationship.
14. Sorry for having a poor relationship with your father or other men which may have taught you that allowing men to treat you poorly was okay.
15. Sorry for not always being able to provide food, clothing, and shelter as a single mom.
16. Sorry for always leaving you in the dark about important family things because she was afraid to speak it out loud and didn’t know how you would react.
17. Sorry for her problems that became your problems.
18. Sorry for you having to be a parent to her, you, and your siblings.
19. Sorry for that accident she caused that left you hurt.
20. Sorry for not protecting you when you needed her to.

Mothers are humans so they make mistakes and sometimes they want to say sorry but they don’t want to bring up past pains that caused sadness and bad memories to be revisited.

So just remember that you will also make mistakes with your daughter if you have one so now is a good time to forgive your Mother. She may never apologize but this is about you making peace with your difficult childhood so you can move on.