Nunc pro tunc

I’d made something of a mess of it and felt bad about it. This was not the first time I’d gone down the wrong road, said the wrong thing, or forgotten to do something. Stuff happens and mistakes are made. Mine was a doozy. I “fessed up.” All she said were three, strange words: “Nunc pro tunc.” She wouldn’t tell me what they meant … told me to look it up … it’s Latin … a legal term … “Now for then” … what we do now can make right what we did then. I say it often … quietly … under my breath … “Nunc pro tunc.”