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Sending your child off to school for the first time in their life is terrifying.

Arabella Weir

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Arabella Weir
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: December 6
Actor
Comedian
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Children
Time
Life
Terrifying
Sending
Child
School
Firsts
First

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