My Mom: A Loving African American Woman

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My mom is a loving African American women with black hair and brown eyes.My grandma is a average height women with straight hair
I feel like i'm in the middle of the family.I have no famous relatives.No i do not observe any special traditions,yes I have one dog named snoop he is a shiz-tzu I have had my dog for three years.I was from a apartment in beaufort to a house.My special place is my dad's mom's house,A family tradition to go to a ski resort for 3 days every year. My grandma is a average height women with straight hair

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