Wal-Mart And Taco Bell: How Life Changed My Life

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In June of 2016, my two daughters and I were out at the store. We had purchased chicken, almond milk, strawberries and green beans. All of our person favorites for dinner. I decided to stop to get Taco Bell just before we went to Wal-Mart. Just something to hold us over for a few hours until our shopping and dinner was done. I thought long and hard about whether to take the highway home or go through town. I decided to go through town. In that short, less than 5-minute ride home, our lives changed

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