PEONY MAGAZINE Dec. 2016 | Page 8

Making mistakes can make for good memories. At times our mistakes are so ridiculously funny, we can’t help but laugh, says the woman whose family so lovingly tried to surprise her with a birthday cake to only realize they had turned the cake over the wrong way leaving it looking like the head of the three stooges. Frosting on the side, and nothing on top.

Mistakes can make our relationship light, where we see that when we are trying and still miss the mark, we had fun along the way. We all get bad breath in the morning. Sure, you can be one of those people who gets up in the morning to brush their teeth before their beloved wakes, but surely after 15 years of being with your significant other, you might snooze on the toothpaste and get the extra 3 minutes of sleep in. Everyone wakes up with bad breath, bad hair, and perhaps looking like we came out of some zombie horror movie, but what’s neat about this is it makes things real. Who wants to be the epitome of

"So toss the stress and begin to laugh at your imperfection, to love them, and you will soon begin to do the same for your partner."

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