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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
Together
Calm
Women
Patient
Long
Solutions
Way
Amazing
Resolves
Time
Tough
Knitting
Everybody
Stays
Situation
Resolve
Possible
Gentle

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