{"id":741,"date":"2006-01-12T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-12T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2006\/01\/quote-of-the-day--from-a-107-year-old-lady.html"},"modified":"2006-01-12T20:44:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-12T20:44:00","slug":"quote-of-the-day-from-a-107-year-old-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2006\/01\/quote-of-the-day-from-a-107-year-old-lady.html","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day&#8211; From a 107 year old Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was doing an event this past weekend in Longview Texas and was told about a woman in nearby Gilmore (spelling?) who was celebrating her 107th birthday.  There was an article in the local paper interviewing her.  She was asked if she would be around in a year&#8217;s time to celebrate her 108th birthday.  Her instant reply was:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sure I will be.  You know not many people die between 107 and 108!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I bet she&#8217;s right.  You go girl. <\/p>\n<p>Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was doing an event this past weekend in Longview Texas and was told about a woman in nearby Gilmore (spelling?) who was celebrating her 107th birthday. There was an article in the local paper interviewing her. She was asked if she would be around in a year&#8217;s time to celebrate her 108th birthday. 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