“Let The Little Things Go”
For Couple, Parents, Kids, and Singles: For each of your loved ones, make a list entitled “Things I Love About You,” and fill it. Then on the same page write, “Things I Don’t like about you,” and underneath write “Forgiven,” and give it to them. Act accordingly. Someone recently told me, “If it doesn’t matter tomorrow, it doesn’t matter today.” For an example of this, read the following story. -- Matt
EMBRACING IMPERFECTION
When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast for supper every now and then. I remember one night in particular when she made a plate of eggs, sausage, and extremely burnt toast, and placed it in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if he noticed. Yet, all he did was reach for his toast, 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 watching him smear butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite.
When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the toast. And I’ll never forget what he said: “Baby, I love burnt toast.”
Later that night, I went to kiss daddy goodnight and asked him if he really liked burnt toast. He wrapped me up in his arms and said, “Your momma put in a hard day of work today, and she’s real tired. And besides - a little burnt toast never hurt anybody.” -- Author unknown