{"id":2,"date":"2014-08-12T13:47:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T13:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissaneal.com.au\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-12-29T01:22:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T01:22:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melissaneal.com.au\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aspirations<\/h3>\n
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