Personal Apology
Dear friend, relative, colleague,
I am so sorry to have hurt you, offended you, overlooked you at the recent (event, gathering, meeting. Please know that it was not intentional. My only excuse is that I have been extremely busy, distracted, ill and just wasn’t focused on the occasion.
You realize, I hope, that I think you are first rate, wonderful, a terrific person who should of course be included, recognized, honored. Somehow, in the rush of the day, your name was omitted, left out, misspelled much to my chagrin.
As a small gesture of apology, please accept my invitation to have lunch on this date, gift certificate so you can remedy the problem. I hope you will enjoy it in good health and good humor, which is certainly how it is intended.
Are we OK?
Your forgetful, spread-too-thin, appropriately embarrassed friend,
Your name