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A Life Uprooted

A Life Uprooted

How to start saying goodbye….

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John Roedel
May 13, 2025
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In exactly one month, I’ll be leaving Cheyenne, Wyoming—the only hometown I’ve ever known. This fishbowl has been my home for the past 50 years.

My great-grandfather started our family’s pharmacy here in 1887, and for 120 years it stood on the same corner, serving this community.

That store became part of our family’s legacy, part of our identity. All…

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