title: Ruins: The Perfect Place to Build Indestructible Life
author: Natalie J Pagel
description: Natalie Pagel lives with her husband, Lance, and two daughters, Gigi and Gabi, in Roseville, California, where at this moment she is very likely eating cheese, and over-thinking her way into a state of mental gridlock.
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