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I wish I had a memory of that first violent shove, the shock of cold air, the sting of oxygen into new lungs. Everyone should remember being born. It doesn't seem fair that we only remember dying.
Lauren DeStefano
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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
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