"Another quick and loving tribute to my wife..." from Steve

You'd think by this point in time I'd have posted anything of noteworthiness written by Steve from his blogging days. Truthfully, this may be the last unless I find something hidden away. I had hoped to dole these out, mostly on the dates he originally posted them, over five years. Turns out, I can't wait that long; I didn't do the math correctly; I was afraid I'd forget to post and a little part of him would be forgotten. All are true but the last one might strike closest to my heart. So many things about Steve, about us, I've forgotten in the past four and a half years. And because Steve wrote about this conversation, I can remember it. A little part of Steve, recaptured.

Another quick and loving tribute to my wife... - December 21, 2005

I meant to write about this last week, but forgot. This is how far my wife has come along as a football fan: While watching another Packer abomination I started bitching about special teams. "I CANT BELIEVE HOW #$@))$% AWFUL THE SPECIAL TEAMS ARE!!!! I DON'T !*#&^%@ GET IT! THEY SHOULD FIRE THAT BALD !*(!@#(*@^&*$@ (Packer Special Teams coach John Bonemego) MOTHER&#(*$(#,#@!$^* @#^*@#($&*#. GODDAMMIT. My wife calmly replied "You know all those injuries to the startes?" "Yeah," I said, "what about them?" "Well, who do you think replaced the starters? Special teams guys. These special teams guys are guys they got off the street to replace the special teams players who replaced the injured starters. That's why they suck. It's not the coaches fault."

I was speechless. And I hadn't even thought about that.

Right again sweetie.