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How it all caught up with em
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Ronda Rich
Updated: Sep 14, 2016, 5:00 AM
Published: Sep 13, 2016, 8:03 PM
We were cleaning up the dishes from Sunday dinner when Rodney called me into the living room where he was watching TV. "Look at this," he pointed to the NASCAR race being broadcast live from Bristol, TN. My eyes widened. I shook my head. "Rodney, that can't be.
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If you asked my Uncle Bobby which he preferred – cats or dogs – he’d say he loved them both equally. He probably did, but it was abundantly clear his cats were his ‘babies’ as he called them, making them quite a priority.
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