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This packrat has learned that what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we loved. In the end, it's the family stories that are worth the storage.
Ellen Goodman
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Ellen Goodman
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 11
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