INGREDIENTS
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where a date would have been my ideal
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this is my kind of baking
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[that little icing on the far left? it's amazing. it'll make you look like bakerella.]
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but children probably don't lick the batter
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let me just interject in the middle here... that baking
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the day we were baking
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the challenge really is to live in the mess of reality but
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to not end the baking day in frustration because of the mess!!! that was created
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hudson's job was just to look cute
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on happy heart day itself
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because we live in a town
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the big city is really quite a big deal
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it's like country mouse meets city mouse
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we live an hour from the nearest starbucks
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my husband loves country
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home of the $ over-sized cupcakes
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part way through the day i exclaimed to zoe
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it tripped me out that my own little daughter thought my excitement was a little over-the-top
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[j sharp]
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significance is found in giving your life away
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[g. thomas]
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i prayed
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that god would help this valentine's day to not be me and my expectations
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but my precious little family
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you know
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it was one of the best family times we have ever had
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ever
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romantic
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not in the gushy sense of the word
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but love
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yes
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the enjoyment of another
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it started years ago
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i mean
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because i know that parents allow their children to help
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shows you how far you have to go
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i say that not mockingly
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this day of doing fun things
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it was just and wonderful
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then there is the side of reality
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where there are umpteen "uh-oh
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it's almost crazy how tiny little people make you realize how much you like to control your life
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how you want everything perfect
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it shows ugly things yourself
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how all they care is whether you loved them and showed them jesus
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not whether what you did was pinterest-worthy
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to not talk sharply because they weren't being careful
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but to stay calm when it's disaster
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to say
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to be able to laugh and enjoy them
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it wasn't perfect
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i wasn't perfect
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they weren't perfect
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but it was such a wonderful day
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i was happily exhausted by the end of it all
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disadvantage is that our options are limited
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my kids do not even know what a mall is. no kidding
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i love city
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then to ride a little train and some fun kid stuff a the mall and head home
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husband caught wind and thought it sounded too fun to not be involved
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[yes
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i was having so much fun
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she looked at me
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whaaat
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then a trip to the carousel and little train
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blurry pictures but showing the happy faces
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thus ended the holiday
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the pleasure-seeker is not the pleasure-finder
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those who are the happiest men who think least happiness
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clarita
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