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

That evening, my mom ________ a plate of eggs, sausage and some ________ biscuits in front of my dad. I waited to see if anyone noticed them! Yet all my dad did was eating his ________, smiling at my mom and asking me how my day was at school. I don’t remember what I told him that night, ________ I do remember that he ate biscuits ________! When I got up from the table that evening, I ________ my mom say sorry to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I’ll never forget what he said: “Honey, I ________ burned biscuits every now and then.”

Later that night, I went to kiss daddy goodnight and I asked him if he really liked the burned biscuits. He held me in his arms and said, “Your mum went through a hard day at work today and she’s really ________. And besides, a little burned biscuit will never hurt anyone!”

As I’ve grown older, I’ve ________ his words for many times. Life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people. Learning to accept them is one of the most important keys to create a healthy and lasting relationship.