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school so we actually had little in common. Also, for some reason, Rodney wanted to get married. We were both way too young but he believed in young marriages. The thought of it scared me to death. As it turned out, less than a year after we broke up, he married a girl younger than me and they went on to have six children.

Over the years, every August 8, I would think of Rodney and I would always say to anybody around This is the day I started going steady with Rodney many moons ago, then I would tell whoever I said it to (usually the girls in the office or other friends) all about the cool dude I went steady with. I had many other important anniversaries and events to remember over the years but that was one I never forgot. Maybe the fact that it was 8/8 made it easier to remember, I don't know. I only know that I always remembered it.

One day in August, many years later, I was looking through a trunk with old photos in it and I ran across an old autograph book. I had written Patty Loves Rodney on the inside cover and there was an old photo of him between the pages. I sat and looked at it, remembering, and then placed it back in the trunk. I went about my daily routine and later in the afternoon I received a letter from my mother which was a usual thing but this time there was a newspaper clipping enclosed. It was the story of a drowning at Morgan's Bridge his favorite fishing hole, the paper said the victim was Rodney - date of death..August 8.

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