{"id":5984,"date":"2023-12-14T10:07:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/?p=5984"},"modified":"2025-04-21T09:46:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:46:02","slug":"where-ive-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/14\/where-ive-been\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I&#8217;ve been!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5984\" class=\"elementor elementor-5984\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26cba738 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26cba738\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1178fe39\" data-id=\"1178fe39\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42da2fa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42da2fa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello everyone, its been quite some time since I&#8217;ve been present here on my blog and on my YouTube Channel.  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