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Just keep on shining that light. The rest will take care of itself.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Rest
Keep
Light
Care
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Shining

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