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Connor, as drawn by himself at age 6 April 2010 In an odd way, it actually looks like him: maybe it’s the ears… or maybe, just maybe, it’s that grin!
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Each year at the start of our Christmas preparations, I have lofty plans of baking a variety of cookies in time for the holidays and each year, I manage to bake one or two batches of cookies at most. This year though was going to be different! Ryan and I were going to bake each…
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