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    Vanity Dies — Hope Lives
    Vanity Dies — Hope Lives
    Vanity Dies — Hope Lives
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    Vanity Dies — Hope Lives

    By Mary Hope Ibach

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    This is a compilation of remembrances of struggles and trials and of overcoming the evils and discouragement that enters our lives. Because when we forget just what we have come through, remembering the past strengths and the lessons learned,our future awaits.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateMar 14, 2012
    ISBN9781469141824
    Vanity Dies — Hope Lives
    Author

    Mary Hope Ibach

    She started writing poetry in 1979, mostly about her kids, friends, and feelings about people, relationships, and the world. Searching for Wisdom after the storms of the times. Sailing into personal storms, and finding a kind of survivalist truth.

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