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What was it like...to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Return
Knew
Open
Someone
Always
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Welcomed
Arms

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