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Take it as a token. Because tomorrow when I go, I want you to believe friends are possible.

Julie Anne Peters

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Julie Anne Peters
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 16
Author
Engineer
Writer
Jamestown
New York
Take
Believe
Token
Tokens
Tomorrow
Possible
Friends

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