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What will I become? Because I won't be me any longer. That will be a relief. I dont want to be the helpless person I've always been.

Julie Anne Peters

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Julie Anne Peters
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 16
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Engineer
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Jamestown
New York
Dont
Relief
Longer
Become
Persons
Person
Always
Helpless

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