My Grandma Bergit told me that I should never ask a woman about her age or her weight. I am still learning that lesson, albeit the hard way. I let my Erin down, I let my grandma down, and I also let you the Reader down. And for that, I need to apologize.

What I should have mentioned, but didn't, was that she was on Keloland not to promote a movie, TV show, or even herself. She was there in a professional capacity giving consumers a voice in the DNA matter. A subject that I know little about, and that she knows plenty about because, as she said, it happened to her. She has even tried to help me understand the mess a little better. She didn't ask for what she got, and for that I am truly sorry. It was never my intention to "Get rid of her" either. I hope that she continues to fight for those who don't have a voice, in Iowa, South Dakota, or wherever she can do the most good. In spite of what she may think, I will keep her in my prayers as she goes about her job. I apologize if I have made her job harder.

Reading the Holabird Advocate should be a good experience, I'm sorry that, for her, it was not. She deserves better, and so do all the Reader of our little Newsblog. That is why there are going to be some changes. I will no longer devote so much time to covering the South Dakota blogging community. Clearly, it is turning me into someone I do not wish to be.

In conclusion, I want to say that I was out of line, I know that, and I will do better in the future. I had no business trying to make a joke at Erin's expense. For that let me say to Erin, Grandma Bergit, All of the Holabird Advocate Readers, and to the Heavenly Father himself, that am sorry.