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People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn't. It continues and is ever-changing.

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Jandy Nelson
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 25
Writer
New York City
New York
Relationship
Dies
Doesn
Ever
Think
Thinking
Continues
People
Changing

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