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It‘s funny how, when things seem the darkest, moments of beauty present themselves in the most unexpected places.

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Karen Marie Moning
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 1
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Things
Unexpected
Places
Seem
Present
Beauty
Funny
Moments
Seems
Darkest

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