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BART Encounters - Tattoos and Pauses.

A story by Caroline Dijckmeester-Bins with 115 loves

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Write a one-sentence lesson that somebody taught you (e.g. “This is Sarah; Sarah taught me…”). Pair it with a photo of that person.

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Happiness

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Brooklyn

New York, USA

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1994

A year with 44 stories

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Andrew Forsthoefel

Brother, Listener, Walker

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Gamer

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Picture please

sarah loved Picture please by Sheilah Bright

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“Yes, Pete! It seems that once a HUGE hurdle like that is taken...and we live through it!....it makes the next one - whatever it is - not so frightening. I have promised myself that if God allows me to have my way, I will go out with a shout and not a whisper....”

A comment by Bat's Daughter on The Price I Pay by Hawkeye Pete Egan B.

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This is Frede

vivienne sprouted this story from Write a one-sentence lesson that somebody taught you (e.g. “This is Sarah; Sarah taught me…”). Pair it with a photo of that person. — a seed planted by Jonathan Harris

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The Price I Pay

Hawkeye Pete Egan B. dedicated this story to Deniz Dutton

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