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God grows fragrant flowers of hope in the ashes of loss.

Karen Kingsbury

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Karen Kingsbury
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 8
Journalist
Novelist
Songwriter
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Fragrant
Ashes
Flowers
Flower
Loss
Grows
Hope

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