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Wear the Damn Swimsuit. But also…
Posted On June 2, 2019

Two years ago, I stood out on my {kickass} in-law’s dock, in my “swimdress,” waved my hands in the air, and then, wrote a blog post entitled, WEAR THE DAMN …

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When fear hops on board
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