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Nobody's strong enough to be a parent. We just do it, blindly, going forward on faith and love and hope. That's all it is...Being afraid...and going on.
Kristin Hannah
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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
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Garden Grove
California
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