I was just talking to a lady in my neighborhood, and she related to me the fact that any time anything mechanical breaks around their house, her husband blames it on her.  He’s not mean, or cruel, or anything.  He just accepts as a matter of course that it must be something she did.

     She laughs about it, but I have to say…it would bug me.

     Partly because as an oldest child, everything that went wrong in our house was my fault...

     …but mostly I think because I’m spoiled.

     I don’t recall Rocky ever having a word of criticism for me about anything that is done and over with.  I mean, if he sees me doing something that he thinks needs to be changed, he’ll make suggestions…proactively.  But after the fact…nada.

     He’s not one for recriminations or assigning blame.  What’s past is past.  He’s more of a now/future sort of thinker.

     It’s easy to forget to really appreciate that.