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We all have a personal pool of quicksand inside us where we begin to sink and need friends and family to find us and remind us of all the good that has been and will be.

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Ravenna
Ohio
Find
Sink
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Remind
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Pool
Good
Begin
Inside
Personal
Friends
Family
Quicksand

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