{"id":121,"date":"2008-03-08T16:55:30","date_gmt":"2008-03-09T00:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/08\/what-life-is-all-about\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:13:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:13:10","slug":"what-life-is-all-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/08\/what-life-is-all-about\/","title":{"rendered":"What Life Is All About&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/08\/what-life-is-all-about\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F03%2F08%2Fwhat-life-is-all-about%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/Heather-Barry-photoboothBW001-small.jpg\" title=\"Heather and Barry - 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