{"id":2052,"date":"2010-03-29T11:48:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T16:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theyoungpages.com\/jodis_blog\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2010-03-29T11:51:33","modified_gmt":"2010-03-29T16:51:33","slug":"a-spot-of-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theyoungpages.com\/jodis_blog\/?p=2052","title":{"rendered":"A Spot of Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few of you have noticed my absence lately &#8211; thanks! \u00a0Life is busy at the best of times as you know. \u00a0But in truth, there had been another project sucking what little free time I have had recently. \u00a0A project that is now thankfully behind me.<\/p>\n<p>A little over a month ago, I was asked to speak at our church&#8217;s annual Ladies&#8217; Spring Tea. \u00a0I was mildly freaked out &#8211; there were, after all, 65 ladies in attendance last year &#8211; but I also had a sense of peace about it. \u00a0For while anyway.<\/p>\n<p>My assigned title was &#8220;Spring Cleaning for the Heart and Soul&#8221;. \u00a0You&#8217;re laughing, right? 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