My car has been broken into. More than once. It was because I didn’t lock it.  Thieves, broken people doing broken things, they stole things from the inside.  Once they also took the time to make a mess in there, too. Leaving my car unlocked was not my best decision.   That didn’t make the theft my fault.  It was MY car.  And MY things.  The truth is, cars get broken into every day.  And some of them are parked in quiet suburban neighbourhoods and locked up tight. You cannot be completely safe from those who mean to do you or your possessions harm. And regardless of where I parked my car or whether or not I remembered to lock the doors, the person responsible for the crime remains, 100%, the person who committed it. Now, clearly, since I used the phrase ‘more than once’,you can tell I didn’t change my door locking ways. Our van had a habit of not locking all the doors when  using the automatic locks. The truth was, I didn’t really value my car or it’s contents enough to worry about it that much. Want to steal my CD case, diaper bag?  Want to try and make off with my bright red 2002 Windstar?  I wouldn’t lose much sleep over it.   So I continually forgot to check the locks and, thieves continued to take advantage of that to commit a crime. A crime that was entirely their fault and not mine.  And, knowing that I was not to blame for the theft no matter my errant and unsafe car parking practices, I did use my experiences to…