{"id":132,"date":"2009-10-26T08:05:19","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T13:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karencasey.wordpress.com\/?p=132"},"modified":"2009-10-26T08:05:19","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T13:05:19","slug":"we-are-where-we-need-to-be-always","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womens-spirituality.com\/?p=132","title":{"rendered":"We are where we need to be.  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