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We thought the hard part was over—but we were wrong. Living is the hardest part. Figuring out how to live your life when you’re all busted up inside and out—there is nothing harder.

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Paullina Simons
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 1
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Writer
St. Petersburg
Thought
Part
Busted
Live
Figuring
Nothing
Hardest
Hard
Harder
Life
Inside
Wrong
Living

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