Apologies won't be enough but...

With this entry I apologize for the pain I have caused for my stepdaughter and her husband by including a paragraph referring to them in my "Christmas" writing (to be posted next).  That writing was meant to be humorous and, I admit I included some sarcasm --- but that was written for an audience of my own peers to whom I thought would appreciate "an old lady being offended by the perceived callous words of some young whippersnapper."  It will now be posted with the offending paragraph redacted).

I have many explanations but there is no excuse.  I meant no harm - I truly didn't.  What I did was be thoughtless and with that I deeply hurt someone I truly love and offended someone I have come to respect.  My step son in law is a good man!  He is a smart man!  And I know him to be a caring man.  And I could wax on about the beauty of both the heart and mind of my step daughter.  The paragraph I wrote however does not show any of that and has wrought an  emotional explosion of unbelievable proportions that I have been told is irreparable.