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Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we're down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.
Barbara Johnson
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Barbara Johnson
Age: 61 †
Born: 1947
Born: October 4
Died: 2009
Died: August 27
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Barbara Ellen Johnson
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