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Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.

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Brian Andreas
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 17
Artist
Painter
Writer
Iowa City
Iowa
Changed
Everything
Enough
Important
Things
Time
Life
Figured
Exactly

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