{"id":409,"date":"2011-10-25T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/words-can-haunt-you\/"},"modified":"2020-09-28T10:43:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T00:43:26","slug":"words-can-haunt-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2011\/10\/words-can-haunt-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Words can haunt you"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>I got an email from a friend today. She lives on the other side of the world. We chit-chat about books and writing, friends and family. We&#8217;ve never actually met. But I&#8217;m always glad to hear from her.<\/p>\n<p>Attached to the bottom of her email was the last email I sent her. Idly, I read through it, wondering what I&#8217;d waffled about (it had been a while between emails).<\/p>\n<p>There was a lot of waffle. Then, about halfway down, these words:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t give up. 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