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When you're a single parent, you're often lonely, yet seldom alone. There is no backup ... It is mothering without a net.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Lonely
Single
Parent
Alone
Often
Without
Backup
Mothering
Seldom

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