"That happens"

 Mrs ERJ and I were commenting on one of Quicksilver's stock phrases; "That happens".

When confronted by shortfalls, calamity or misfortune, as often as not Quicksilver responds "That happens". Not a helpless shrugging of shoulders and "Whatever" but a matter-of-fact statement and "Ok, now we deal with the consequences".

No drama. You can do everything right and still get an unwanted outcome. There doesn't have to be a bad-guy or a victim. Sometimes we decide to take shortcuts and they don't work out. 

We thought Handsome Hombre and Southern Belle were doing a fine job of teaching her those lessons. Sometimes things get bumped and fall off of the table. Sometimes the dog eats your cookie. Sometimes Grandpa uses the last wet-wipe and doesn't get another package out of the pantry. Not every accident is Freudian.

"That happens".

 And then we started hearing ourselves use that phrase, same inflections and everything.

It is a little bit eerie to hear something that you wholeheartedly believe in come out of your granddaughters mouth...and then realize that it is something you had unconsciously instilled in your child, the one who is your granddaughter's mother. No wonder it resonated with us!

We were hearing echos of our parenting. Thank God it was something positive.

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