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184. It was the name of a beloved

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Sun Sep 20, 2015, 11:58 AM

Sep 2015

miniature poodle. He has been in my little cemetery for some years now. He was given to me by a family that did not want him, at age 3. I had adopted a small female corgi-sheltie mix the day before at the pound. The next day at work, a colleague said, "I found a small dog for you." That was Roody. I was his third and forever home. We three moved from Arkansas to California 18 years ago and lived happily ever after.

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