{"id":2636,"date":"2016-09-09T23:31:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T23:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doingwhatmatters.com\/?page_id=2636"},"modified":"2017-04-12T21:16:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T21:16:47","slug":"living","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/doingwhatmatters.com\/living\/","title":{"rendered":"Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Living: Faith, Art, Travel, and Thought<\/h1>\n<p>Because life is more than reading, writing, learning, homeschooling, planning, and working, I sometimes write about things close to my heart \u2014 things of interest, delight, and concern. Now that I&#8217;ve finished the homeschooling years, this might be the index that grows the most. 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