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Mothering has been the richest experience of my life, but I am still opposed to Mother's Day. It perpetuates the dangerous idea that all parents are somehow superior to non-parents.

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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