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Maybe it was inertia -or worse, fear- that was keeping me in the same place.

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Jennifer Weiner
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 28
Author
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
DeRidder
Louisiana
Maybe
Fear
Place
Inertia
Keeping
Worse

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