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MEAL TRAIN

For Dogs Too?

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Stephanie Mason-Teague
Jan 28, 2023
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One hundred twenty-seven dollars and sixty-three cents!

That was the register tape total from my most recent grocery store trip. You’re probably thinking that amount isn’t unusual. And it’s not, for a regular trip to the store … but this was no regular trip. I was buying food to cook for the dog—and this was only my first week.

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