I loved watching them bake, because that’s what they enjoyed. It made me enjoy baking too, but I enjoy the other side of baking. I don’t like the mixing and putting the cakes in the oven; I like the glow on my mom’s face as she mixes and places it into the oven. I don’t like the cutting and the measuring; I like to see my dad concentrating on the artistic talent that he rarely puts to good use. I don’t like making fun of my mom’s cakes with my brother; I like the laughter it brings and the warm smiles they give us as we joke with them. We all liked to look at the extravagant Louis Vuitton purse cakes, the football helmets, and the Philly Phanatic; and to never dream of cutting into them. But, we can all tell that we enjoy each other, and that’s the real key to it all.

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