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Family leans on each other after losing home in fire
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From left, Nathis Touchet, Alyssa Rhodes-Touchet, 12, Tristan Chance Rhodes, 16, and Jessica Rhodes-Touchet stand together at the remains of their Lula home. - photo by Jennifer Jacob Brown
After a long series of tragedies and accidents, Jessica Rhodes-Touchet said she doesn’t know which way to turn, but she does know whom she can lean on. Thursday night, Rhodes-Touchet’s Lula home was lost in a fire. Sunday, she stood next to what little remained of the home — mostly shaky beams and warm, pungent ash — and gestured toward her family.