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Motherhood is a hallowed place because children aren’t commonplace. Co-laboring over the sculpting of souls is a sacred vocation, a humbling privilege. Never forget.

Ann Voskamp

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