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I have often wished in the past few years that my mom were here to help me as I raised my own teenage son. As a girl, with my own mom, I thought I knew it all now I know better. Somewhere, I know my mom is smiling.

Kristin Hannah

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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
Novelist
Writer
Garden Grove
California
Often
Teenage
Helping
Mom
Past
Somewhere
Thought
Son
Better
Raised
Years
Knew
Help
Wished
Girl
Smiling

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