relationships can take a little time to rebuild Wendy.
It felt like punishment to me, too, but I think people were a little gunshy and not entirely trusting of me until I proved I had changed for good and the only proof that works is time.
I can understand wanting to get Katie a gift. If you think it needs more than a text maybe a card with a scratch-it (or what ever you call them in SA) in it?
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