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To look in the face of hard things and keep moving forward - that's what one has to do.

Anna Godbersen

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Anna Godbersen
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 10
Writer
Berkeley
California
Things
Forward
Face
Faces
Moving
Keep
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