{"id":12003,"date":"2025-12-16T10:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/?p=12003"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:12:37","slug":"two-lessons-ive-had-to-learn-the-hard-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2025\/12\/16\/two-lessons-ive-had-to-learn-the-hard-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Lessons I&#8217;ve Had to Learn the Hard Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Love and Cancer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Important-life-lessons.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-attachment-id=\"12006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2025\/12\/16\/two-lessons-ive-had-to-learn-the-hard-way\/important-life-lessons\/\" 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