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We cannot protect ourselves from trouble, but we can dance through the puddles of life with a rainbow smile, twirling the only umbrella we need -- the umbrella of God's love.

Barbara Johnson

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Barbara Johnson
Age: 61 †
Born: 1947
Born: October 4
Died: 2009
Died: August 27
Author
Journalist
Linguist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Translator
University Teacher
Boston
Massachusetts
Barbara Ellen Johnson
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