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I love all of these memories! Jennifer Garner? So cool! And also, props to you for playing it cool.

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"You walk away, leaving her to sift through the words and the clove, the deadlines and the cinnamon, the SAT scores and the nutmeg." -- That is a sentence!

Also, there aren't enough true parenting songs. We have to appropriate love songs and breakup songs and sing along as best as we can.

Happy Birthday to your grownup girl 💛

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I do love me some apple cider. I was inspired.

Yes, not a whole lot of parenting songs out there in the world. That one about the cat in the cradle is the only one I can think of off the top of my head. And an R&B one that goes something like, "All my life, I've been waiting for someone like you," which I thought was about a spouse, but turned out it's about a child....not sure it worked the way the artist wanted it to.

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Callie friend, this was beautiful!

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Thank you, Katie!

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First, this was gorgeous!! Gorgeously written about a gorgeous girl!! Second, you had a play date with Jennifer Garner?! How cool!!! Happy Birthday to Hadley!

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Thank you! Yeah, it was pretty crazy, especially since I had no idea until it was actually happening. Haha!

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Oof they grow so fast! Such a beautiful piece about your daughter 😉

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Thank you!

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Such a wonderful story! Loved seeing the pictures of her as a baby. ❤️

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Thank you! Seems like yesterday.

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