What made you smile recently?

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I found this online. It is not my story. However, it is how I try to live every day. ;-)


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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 watching him smear butter and jelly on that
ugly burned biscuit. He ate every bite of that thing... never made a
face nor uttered a word about it!

When I got up from the table that evening, I 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 every now and then."

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 Momma put in a hard day at work and she's real
tired.. And besides - a little burned biscuit never hurt anyone!"


As I've grown older, I've thought about that many times. 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. But what I've learned over the years is that learning
to accept each other's faults - and choosing to celebrate each others
differences - is one of the most important keys to creating a
healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.

And that's my prayer for you today... that you will learn to take the
good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the
feet of God. Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able
to give you a relationship where a burnt biscuit isn't a deal-breaker!

We could extend this to any relationship. In fact, understanding is
the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or
friendship!

"Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket - keep
it in your own."

So, please pass me a biscuit, and yes, the burned one will do just fine.

Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
 
I saw my brother who is closet to me in age last night for the first time in about 3 years. We are over in Virginia staying at a resort in Williamsburg and he came up for dinner. He lives in Texas but is working a job about 30 miles from Williamsburg, and he lives out of hotel efficiency room so hasn't had a "home" cooked meal in long time. I bought some large fresh Atlantic shrimp and made shrimp cocktail and fried shrimp with hushpuppies and Brussels sprouts, it was delicious and he was very happy. I was super glad we got to see him.

Look at these shrimp, they made me smile too!
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I saw my brother who is closet to me in age last night for the first time in about 3 years. We are over in Virginia staying at a resort in Williamsburg and he came up for dinner. He lives in Texas but is working a job about 30 miles from Williamsburg, and he lives out of hotel efficiency room so hasn't had a "home" cooked meal in long time. I bought some large fresh Atlantic shrimp and made shrimp cocktail and fried shrimp with hushpuppies and Brussels sprouts, it was delicious and he was very happy. I was super glad we got to see him.

Look at these shrimp, they made me smile too!View attachment 62467
Wow,are these shrimps bigger than usual or am I halucinating?🤓
 
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