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This day is not a sieve, losing time. With each passing minute, each passing year, there's this deepening awareness that I am filling, gaining time. We stand on the brink of eternity.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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