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I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long.

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Brian Andreas
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 17
Artist
Painter
Writer
Iowa City
Iowa
Thinking
Listen
Morning
Soft
Sometimes
Breathing
Children
Wake
Thing
Carry
Long
Regret
Never
Early
Think
Quiet

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