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I want to keep looking at ways to stride forward with positivity.

Julianna Baggott

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Julianna Baggott
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 30
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Wilmington
Delaware
Positivity
Forward
Ways
Looking
Keep
Way
Stride

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Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.
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