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This is what it looks like to poo at the park
 This is what it looks like to let your daughter dress herself for Wednesday church activities 
This is what our bedtime reading looks like 
 These are cookies that don't turn out at 11 PM the night before you host a baby shower
This is five minutes after I cleaned the windows 
 This is how we dressed on election day
 These are snuggles the morning after the time change 
 This is what a grilled cheese sandwich looks like after you leave to discipline your daughter but forget that the stove is on high 
 This is what your other daughter does after her mom torches burns the grilled cheese sandwich 
 These are my kids on a Wednesday night eating boxed shells and cheese while I sit and stare at them because by Wednesday that's about all I've got

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