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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the patience not to strangle my mother-in-law, chop her into little pieces, and dump them down a sewer.

Jennifer Weiner

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Jennifer Weiner
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 28
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