{"id":21177,"date":"2024-02-23T10:42:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/?p=21177"},"modified":"2024-02-23T10:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:46:47","slug":"lisa-gerard-shares-adoption-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/lisa-gerard-shares-adoption-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Gerard shares adoption story"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Lisa Gerard shares an adoption story on Newsbreak<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"text-2xl font-bold mb-3 text-black\/85 break-words\"><strong>Florida DCF Adoption Chaos: My Daughter&#8217;s Nephew is also Her Brother by Lisa Gerard. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-2xl font-bold mb-3 text-black\/85 break-words\"><strong>What a difference six years can make. 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