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We go into parenting, and we discover that we don't have the answers. We are at a loss.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
Parenting
Discover
Loss
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