{"id":14095,"date":"2020-07-22T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asliceoforange.net\/?p=14095"},"modified":"2020-07-19T07:26:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T12:26:06","slug":"like-the-hummingbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asliceoforange.net\/like-the-hummingbird\/","title":{"rendered":"Like the Hummingbird"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Depositphotos_109878118_s-2019.jpg?resize=1000%2C561&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Depositphotos_109878118_s-2019.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Depositphotos_109878118_s-2019.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Depositphotos_109878118_s-2019.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Depositphotos_109878118_s-2019.jpg?resize=800%2C449&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Depositphotos_109878118_s-2019.jpg?resize=713%2C400&amp;ssl=1 713w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Depositphotos_109878118_s-2019.jpg?resize=571%2C320&amp;ssl=1 571w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Depositphotos_109878118_s-2019.jpg?resize=371%2C208&amp;ssl=1 371w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Depositphotos_109878118_s-2019.jpg?resize=271%2C152&amp;ssl=1 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When you love someone, you want to know everything about them. 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