Hey, Hurdlers, Emily Abadi here bringing you another installment of five-minute Friday from Hurtle.

What a week.

That feels like such an understatement.

And I feel like I'm saying that every single time I come into the feed on Fridays.

But I mean it because the past three weeks of Hurtle have been the biggest three weeks of hurdle ever,

not just because of the amazing individuals I've had the opportunity to speak with,

but because of you, the listener, the hurdlers, as I love to call you.

If you're new to the podcast, welcome.

Thank you so much for giving me your time and your energy and for just come into my little corner of the internet. If you're new to five minute Friday, podcasts, articles, books,

cool things, whatever it may be. This week for Five Minute

Friday, I am talking about making a few apologies and not just regular apologies, what I like

to call later apologies, a personal word I made up.

Earlier this week, I did something that meant a lot to me, and I made a, as I like to call it,

later apology or a regretful acknowledgement of an offense or failure, well, after the fact,

to be specific, to a friend of mine.

We were quite close when she lived in New York City.

I actually introduced her to her now husband.

And earlier this year, her and her lovely husband, they had a beautiful baby girl.

And after spending some time with a good friend of mine and her new baby, I was thinking about

this other friend. And I realized that I owed her an apology.

When she had her baby back in February, I was certainly wrapped up in my own

circumstance, wrapped up in my own chaos. And of course, although I reached out to her when she had

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