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My kids make me laugh every day. And they're so supportive. As I get older, they understand those things I worried about - the guilt of being gone - in a way that's so healing for me, when they say, Mom, we know you love what you do. We love to watch you do what you do.

Reese Witherspoon

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Reese Witherspoon
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: March 22
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