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There's a lot that is awful. That's the struggle of getting old. To make sure you don't let what's hard...obscure the beauty.

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Sure
Getting
Hard
Make
Obscure
Awful
Struggle
Beauty

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