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I run behind her, letting her stay a few steps ahead of me so if she happens to fall I’ll be there to laugh at her first and then help her up afterwards.

J.A. Redmerski

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J.A. Redmerski
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 25
Novelist
Little Rock
Arkansas
Help
Letting
Fall
Ahead
Helping
Laugh
Running
Behinds
Happens
Laughing
Firsts
Behind
First
Stay
Steps
Afterwards

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