Sentence:  Just as a glorious game-winning homer can erase our memory of 812 dull innings, the sublime moment when our 3-year-old looks up from the mess she is making with her mashed potatoes and says, "I <WSD>wub</WSD> you, Daddy," can erase eight hours of no, not yet, not now and stop asking. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To love.