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Do you ever lose the ego?” Westford asks me. “Yeah.” When his daughter kisses me, my ego flies out the window.

Simone Elkeles

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Simone Elkeles
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 24
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Chicago
Illinois
Loses
Kisses
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Ever
Ego
Kissing
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Daughter
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