Amends

I thought it was interesting that this morning my mom came to me and offered me her hand, which I took. She smiled and then sat on the chair across from me. "I was just on the phone and someone told me that I should make amends with people who I've hurt." And then she sat there.
And I sat there.
I realized that, although it seemed as though she was apologizing to me, she hadn't. After waiting for a moment I restated for clarification, "So, this was something your friend told you?"
Yes, she said.

A friend pointed out that she may have actually been hinting at having me apologize to her which hadn't even occurred to me at the time.