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I think God calls us to small things, to faithfulness right where we are, to just do the next thing. I was simply writing out our family stories in my online journal, scratching out what I want to remember, what I was wrestling out with God.

Ann Voskamp

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