{"id":602,"date":"2009-03-19T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marydeturrispoust.com\/NSS\/2009\/03\/tomorrow-is-not-guaranteed\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T15:38:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T19:38:53","slug":"tomorrow-is-not-guaranteed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/life-lines\/tomorrow-is-not-guaranteed\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow is not guaranteed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">My latest Life Lines column:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I was sitting at the kitchen table this morning, when my 3-year-old decided to strike up a conversation about God and death. It\u2019s not the first time she\u2019s delved into the philosophical realm, so it didn\u2019t come as a complete surprise. 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