It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.
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Lady Bird Johnson was first lady of the united states from 1963 to 1969. Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson was the first lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969, as the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia →

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