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Ilsa

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40. Yeah, it's hard to be honest about someone's

Thu Apr 7, 2016, 02:55 PM

Apr 2016

butt-ugly babies. Of course they are sweet and precious, but not all human babies are created equal in the adorable dept.

A southern baptist minister I knew (and he was one of the really nice/good ones) said each time his wife gave birth, he had to pray that God would overwhelm him with adoration for his own offspring. And honestly, his kids were really cute. He just couldn't feel the love until he got to know them.

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