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When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.

Patricia Briggs

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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When we got to the moron who was sitting in the only path to the stairway, Adam caught my waist and lifted me over before stepping over the man himself. “Scott?” Adam said as we headed upstairs. “Yeah?” “Unless someone shoots you, skins you, and throws the results on the floor, I don’t want to see you lying in the walkway again.” “Yessir!
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