{"id":2612,"date":"2012-01-03T15:12:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T15:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2012-01-27T14:14:58","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T14:14:58","slug":"at-ninety-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/at-ninety-nine.html","title":{"rendered":"At Ninety-Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/dailychuckle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/dailychuckle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a>When a grandmother was in her late eighties, she decided to move to Israel. As part of the preparations, she went to see her doctor and get all her charts. 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