{"id":887,"date":"2015-07-28T13:30:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T13:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/?p=887"},"modified":"2026-02-07T21:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:57:49","slug":"touch-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattbates.ca\/point-of-view\/touch-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Touch box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sometime it just means a lot to touch something for real. 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