{"id":25258,"date":"2025-09-25T00:24:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T00:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfuworillia.org\/?p=25258"},"modified":"2025-09-25T01:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T01:55:13","slug":"november-25-2025-irena-lawrenson-dying-with-dignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfuworillia.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/november-25-2025-irena-lawrenson-dying-with-dignity\/","title":{"rendered":"November 25, 2025 \u2014 Irena Lawrenson: Dying with Dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25258\" class=\"elementor elementor-25258\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37923467 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"37923467\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39580732 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"39580732\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cfuworillia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irena-Lawrenson_Novf1-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-25261\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cfuworillia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irena-Lawrenson_Novf1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cfuworillia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irena-Lawrenson_Novf1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cfuworillia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irena-Lawrenson_Novf1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cfuworillia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irena-Lawrenson_Novf1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cfuworillia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irena-Lawrenson_Novf1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cfuworillia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irena-Lawrenson_Novf1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cfuworillia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Irena-Lawrenson_Novf1-scaled-e1758760488388.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3415f39b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3415f39b\" 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<p>It is said that dying is easy, but living is hard. 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