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I vow... to not let the back & forth of forgiveness interrupt the steadiness of love.

Deb Caletti

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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
Writer
San Rafael
California
Forth
Back
Love
Steadiness
Interrupt
Vow
Forgiveness

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