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Those memories that are engraved within me become teaching tools, ways of connecting with others, of creating an empathic bridge, of reaching out a hand and saying, I've been there, too.

Dani Shapiro

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Dani Shapiro
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: April 10
Author
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New York City
New York
Within
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Others
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