Encourage one another and build one another up. Pray without ceasing. Test everything. Keep what is good. Avoid all evil. -1 Thess 5:11,17,21,22
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
"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.
Not for nothing, but since you are an 'accomplished internet author', putting something down on paper as it relates to parenting would do the world a lot of good, nevermind anyone or anything else.... Just saying. You seem bored and lacking of things to do lately (/sarc off).
ERJ - blessings that you see the fruits of parenting manifest and passed through generations. Sounds like one of many things for which you are thankful daily and especially on this Thanksgiving.
That seems like it might be a take off from Dr. Strangelove, "These things happen." When you figure out there's a B-52 with nuclear bombs on the way to Moscow. Still, a good outlook on an increasing presence of Murphy combining with karma and entropy. I think the Cern portal malfunction allowed an influx of aliens, demons, jins and assorted unknowns to invade our little paradise, and increasing the Woes.
Not for nothing, but since you are an 'accomplished internet author', putting something down on paper as it relates to parenting would do the world a lot of good, nevermind anyone or anything else.... Just saying. You seem bored and lacking of things to do lately (/sarc off).
ReplyDeleteERJ - Having had this experience with my children, I can only imagine the impact when you realize it has reached two generations
ReplyDeleteERJ - blessings that you see the fruits of parenting manifest and passed through generations. Sounds like one of many things for which you are thankful daily and especially on this Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteThat seems like it might be a take off from Dr. Strangelove, "These things happen." When you figure out there's a B-52 with nuclear bombs on the way to Moscow.
ReplyDeleteStill, a good outlook on an increasing presence of Murphy combining with karma and entropy.
I think the Cern portal malfunction allowed an influx of aliens, demons, jins and assorted unknowns to invade our little paradise, and increasing the Woes.
Haha, you are assuming the cern port malfunctioned. I think it worked exactly how they intended it to by opening a portal to the evil spirits.😳
DeleteThe actual phrase is shit happens!!
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