{"id":5257,"date":"2020-08-19T11:17:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T15:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=5257"},"modified":"2020-08-19T11:22:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T15:22:33","slug":"celebrating-jolene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/19\/celebrating-jolene\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Jolene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;re lucky, you will meet friends who not only support you but lift you up. If you are really lucky, you will get to spend time with them. If you are really, really lucky, you become friends with a person like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenehaley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jolene Haley<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet Jolene. Puppy lover, coffee addict, pizza aficionado and writer of spooky page-turners. 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