{"id":17444,"date":"2024-05-31T16:05:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenalkalay-gut.com\/?p=17444"},"modified":"2024-05-31T16:09:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:09:12","slug":"the-good-news-5-31-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenalkalay-gut.com\/the-good-news-5-31-24\/","title":{"rendered":"the good news 5.31.24"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17444\" class=\"elementor elementor-17444\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cb0c49 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9cb0c49\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34db000 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34db000\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title 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