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It is easy to forget now, how effervescent and free we all felt that summer.

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Anna Godbersen
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 10
Writer
Berkeley
California
Forget
Free
Easy
Felt
Effervescent
Shimmer
Summer

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