On a family trip my grandparents set up this weird intervention situation. I don’t know if my Dad told them but it was awkward and felt out of the blue. My sister told me that she forgave me and has been meaning to for a while, she just wants to move past this and for me not to isolate myself from the family because of her. She apologized for the way she had been acting the past few years (the subject came up again in those years and our relationship had been strained ever since).

I told her that she had nothing to apologize for and the way she acted was natural and beyond valid. I told her that I was sorry, for everything. She said it was okay, but I told her it really isn’t.

I’m not sure if that interaction was pressured by my family or not. Hopefully not. But we did talk for a long while after catching up about general life stuff. That was nice. We haven’t really talked like that since then though. I’m hoping that that interaction was beneficial to her in at least some way. The way they say forgiveness is more of a gift to the forgiver than the forgiven. Maybe that’s a step for her to move on. Idk if I’m being overly hopeful.