{"id":3766,"date":"2023-04-19T10:45:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2023-04-19T10:47:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:47:23","slug":"edition-29-a-quick-update-on-my-health-following-my-heart-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/edition-29-a-quick-update-on-my-health-following-my-heart-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Edition #29 <br> A Quick Update on My Health Following My Heart Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3766\" class=\"elementor elementor-3766\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60275cb3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60275cb3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-186549f\" data-id=\"186549f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f40f8be elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f40f8be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0228-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3767\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0228-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0228-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0228-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0228-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0228.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b5966d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3b5966d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d7adf08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d7adf08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Edition #29 <br> A Quick Update on My Health Following My Heart Surgery<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b72041 elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"24b72041\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8d55559 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>19\/04\/2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fbf4e5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fbf4e5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMy dear brothers, sisters, friends, and loved ones,\n<br><br>\nI hope you are doing great, and that you are able to feel the warmth of this new season\u2019s upcoming promises floating around these days. Virginia is in full bloom right now. The mountain where I live is a vibrant testimony of spectacular rebirths, where every little blessing I had forgotten during what felt like a never-ending winter is now clothed in millions of colorful pieces of brightness and soft comforting perfumes. That vivid display of life luminously creating life everywhere my eyes lay their wary sight is truly helpful for me to accept the ever-too-slow process associated with the recovery from my heart surgery.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f13cb4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f13cb4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0327-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3788\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0327-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0327-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0327-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0327-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0327-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0327.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c89e0c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c89e0c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf I finally acknowledged the fact that my body was in such a terrible condition that it now requires way more time to heal, it\u2019s the emotional aspect related to that whole journey that tends to be more challenging for me. It\u2019s still barely possible for me to have proper walks with my pups MacKaye and Leonard, to concentrate long enough to write or read, I can\u2019t talk for long or do much \u2014 if any \u2014 of the creative projects I usually consecrate most of my time to. There\u2019s quite a lot of letting go and abandonment involved in all of this, particularly regarding the plans I had for 2023.\n<br><br>\nThat\u2019s why, as you may have learned already, it\u2019s with profound sadness that I have to announce that, due to my still too fragile health condition and my specialists&#8217; persistent disapproval, I had to take the dreadful decision to not only cancel my presence with The Long Shadows at festivals this summer \u2014 and along with it the joyful expectation I had of meeting you once again \u2014 but also to cancel the massive autumn European tour I was supposed to announce next week. I don\u2019t need to tell you that it came out as a massive reality check for me, but even more so for my bandmates, crew members, numerous collaborators, and partners in crime who all had dedicatedly worked so hard to organize and set everything up for me to be back on the road in the coming months. The sole idea of having to make that cancellation\/rescheduling call bore terrible sensations and left me emotionally stranded for quite a while. Letting people down is the worst of all feelings for me, especially as everyone has been so earnestly supportive and faithfully benevolent toward me. But regardless of my heartrending feelings, it\u2019s nonetheless the best and most sensible decision I could make for the sake of my recovery at this point.\n<br><br>\nOn a shinier note, this momentary powerlessness allows me to contemplate the kaleidoscopic multi-layered journey my existence has been up to this very point in time. Unable to move much or to talk for long, I started begging to hear\u2026 Discovering, learning, and evolving until I am able to listen, which I have never been too good at, as you may have guessed. Nature is a tremendous source of self-reflective honesty. I found it highly spiritual to observe it, to be part of a whole rather than the center that holds everything around me. Miss Isabel even bought me binoculars; she must have been tired of hearing me constantly talk about birds. The band has been teasing me ever since I mentioned wanting to buy a telescope! But don\u2019t worry, I\u2019m not on that kind of meds and I haven\u2019t traded my high-buttoned shirts for long white robes either. I\u2019m simply admiring what I\u2019ve overlooked all my life, too busy running everywhere, principally away from myself. I won\u2019t lie, it hurts to be grounded as I am right now. But I realized that I had been longing for that evolving stream way before I had my cardiac grafts, although I was resisting the enduring motion pressuring me to follow my instincts to outgrow my fears to expand my views and be transformed from deep within. The restriction of my willingness to truly change is often tied up to my misconception of what it means to continually emancipate myself. I don\u2019t need a long-term vision to see it all clearly now\u2026 It took me a while, but I\u2019ve never been more awakened and sincere than I have been lately\u2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38883d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"38883d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210319_0018-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3776\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210319_0018-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210319_0018-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210319_0018-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210319_0018.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-937b6d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"937b6d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2789fd1\" data-id=\"2789fd1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2297d88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2297d88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210411_0014-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3780\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210411_0014-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210411_0014-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210411_0014-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210411_0014-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210411_0014.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-08aec2d\" data-id=\"08aec2d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-093e271 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"093e271\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210411_0003-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3784\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210411_0003-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210411_0003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210411_0003-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210411_0003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_penybryn_20210411_0003.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44abd320 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44abd320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTherefore, it\u2019s inspired by that introspective state of mind that I\u2019ll go \u2014 if my condition allows me \u2014 to New York City around the end of April. There\u2019s a significant redesign and restructure I want my artistic adventure to go through from here on out, and there\u2019s no better opportunity for me to establish that new foundation than during my recovery. It couldn\u2019t be more beautifully aligned. My new \u201cchance\u201d at life, from a symbolic and a literal standpoint, has been nothing short of a graceful favor. It\u2019s been incredibly challenging for me to envision canceling\/rescheduling my 2023 projects and events, but I\u2019m utterly enthusiastic about every renewed and additional possibility that unexpected situation has to offer me as I\u2019m slowly getting back on my feet. I hope I\u2019ll soon have the necessary energy to look into some of the projects I had on my heart and mind a little more in the upcoming weeks, as well as get back into writing my book about the \u201cNot All Wonders Have Been Lost\u201d tour. If everything I usually do involves a considerable measure of personal introspection and an engaging process, my every step now requires quite a measure of devotional dedication and fierce commitment to navigate, which, in many ways, gives every single one of those steps an immensely meaningful fulfillment as I persevere and defy my doubts and discouragement through cultivating love and peaceful abandonment. That is also, in and of itself, a process for me to fully embrace.\n<br><br>\nThank you all once again for your kindness and understanding. It might be a much longer and more challenging journey than I initially expected and hoped for, but being uplifted by your indefectible support feeds the determination I need to envision and welcome every day as the precious gift it is for me to be alive and renewed.\n<br><br>\nBe safe.\n<br><br>\nMuch love,<br>\nYour friend and brother,<br>\nAlex\n<br><br>\nPS: As you might have noticed, I\u2019ve started answering all the magnificent messages you sent over the last few months. My time spent online is considerably more restrained than usual, so I don\u2019t want you to worry if you haven\u2019t received any word from me so far\u2026 It will come as a surprise you weren\u2019t expecting \ud83d\ude09\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4f7aaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b4f7aaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0346-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3772\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0346-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0346-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0346-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0346-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_portrait_april2023_0346.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53961e08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53961e08\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87e37b0\" data-id=\"87e37b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-727542b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"727542b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a90f51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a90f51\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b55776\" data-id=\"b55776\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64b811d1 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-153 elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"64b811d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/ask-a-question\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Ask a Question<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My dear brothers, sisters, friends, and loved ones, I hope you are doing great, and that you are able to &#8230; 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