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This is a tough situation. But it is what it is, and time has an amazing way of knitting together solutions as long as everybody stays calm and resolves to be as gentle and patient as possible.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Situation
Resolve
Possible
Gentle
Together
Calm
Women
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Long
Solutions
Way
Amazing
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Time
Tough
Knitting
Everybody
Stays

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