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Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers?

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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
Author
Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
Writer
Become
Women
Pinnacle
Mothers
Discover
Birth
Courage
Mother

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I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
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