{"id":1501,"date":"2013-04-28T05:39:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T05:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2016-10-06T08:38:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T13:38:28","slug":"lessons-from-my-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/lessons-from-my-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from my Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/callie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/lessons-from-my-dog\/callie\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/callie.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"callie\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/callie.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1502\" src=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/callie.jpg\" alt=\"callie\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/callie.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sandiherron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/callie-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">Sometimes it is a challenge to not let your heart hurt; to feel pain.\u00a0 But, I can learn a lot from my dog.<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My golden retriever has the best outlook on life. She thinks everyone loves her! She gets so excited when someone comes for a visit. If they walk out the door and\u00a0return five minutes later, she treats them with all the excitement as if she hasn&#8217;t seen them in a year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some people are\u00a0not dog lovers; she understands that fact and is patient with them. 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