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It made me wonder how many times we forgive just because we don't want to lose someone, even if they don't deserve our forgiveness.

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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
Writer
San Rafael
California
Made
Deserve
Lose
Loses
Wonder
Times
Someone
Forgive
Many
Forgiveness
Even
Forgiving

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