Burned Biscuits for dinner - a story about creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship

Something that I have been praying about.. to learn to accept other's faults and flaws just as how the nice people & friends in my life have accepted my imperfection. 

Here is a story from my colleague who sent this to me before the long Hari Raya weekend:

Hello everyone,

Please read this (husbands)

When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work.

On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my mom and ask me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I'll never forget what he said: "Honey, I love burned biscuits."

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy goodnight and I asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, "Your Mom put in a long, hard day at work today and she's real tired. And besides... a burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!"

You know, life is full of imperfect things... and imperfect people. I'm not the best at hardly anything, and I forget birthdays and anniversaries -- just like everyone else.
What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults and choosing to celebrate each other’s differences is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship. So... please pass me a biscuit. And, yes, the burned one will do just fine! And please pass this along to someone who has enriched your life...
I just did!

Take care and have a great week ahead. 
Cheers!

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Resolution Revolution

New year’s resolution makes me wonder if any person that I know, just any one, has put in an effort to fulfill and successfully accomplish the promise that a person makes at the start of the year or before the turn of the year.  Each year, everyone that I am close to, makes some promising determination to make good changes, be it to their lifestyle, their career or just personal life.  But chances, or at least in my case, making a new year resolution does not work.

In one year, I told myself to quite some old habit, only to know that at the end of the year, nothing was changed.  In the following year, I forgot about the resolution that I made and failed.  I preceded on to make a new one which is to have a baby.  Nothing happened.  After that year, I made a stronger determination to do something really difference – something that was very much within my control unlike pregnancy.  It was to learn Spanish language to prepare myself to visit latin America in the following year and to get a driving licence.   Guess what?  I got pregnant at the start of the year the moment I started working on my resolution by signing up with Comfort Driving Centre.   I had no choice, but to drop the Spanish language but still stick to the driving.  In this way, I can at least have 50% of my resolution done. 

However, some lessons into the driving, I realized I have problem staying alert and focused through the lesson and at some points, almost caused accidents on the road.  I guess there are still many areas that was not controlled nor decided by me. I dropped from the driving and focused on keeping up with good health through the pregnancy.  The due was in November and my kid was delivered in November 2008.  By the time I was done with my confinement, it was time for me to make new resolution and reflect on my achievements, failures and areas to be improved in all aspects, including work, family, personal and health.