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Mar 1, 2025
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Life Lessons - Courage, Change, Self Improvement...Courage|Change|Inspirational|Integrity|Self Improvement
Maria Rattray
Classroom and Playground Conflict ResolutionTowards the explicit art of knowing how to behave in times of ‘war’
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9h ago
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Good Vibes Club
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Maria Rattray
Today I Gained My PhDBest of all, it only took me the best part of the day!
Feb 15
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Feb 15
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Fiction Shorts
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Maria Rattray
Why Can’t You Be Like Your Brother?RWDrabble 2.0.043 : morbid
Feb 14
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Feb 14
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E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower
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Maria Rattray
I Assumed My Mum Was Pretty Normal Until My Cousin Told Me OtherwiseShe was right and wrong at the same time — despite one disability my mum was an impressive Super- Human!
Jun 13, 2024
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Jun 13, 2024
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The Daily Cuppa Grande
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Maria Rattray
It’s the Positive but Little Things in LifeThat make your heart swell enormously
Jun 5, 2024
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Jun 5, 2024
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ILLUMINATION
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Maria Rattray
When Nursing-Home Staff Were Unable to Control a Ninety-Five-Year-Old Resident the Police Were…Just think about that for one moment. Old lady with dementia… a knife in hand, a veritable threat to the boys in blue…
May 25, 2023
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May 25, 2023
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Good Vibes Club
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Maria Rattray
We Both Heard It ClearlySomething had seriously short-circuited somewhere in our study where we sat, yet even after checking, nothing seemed amiss
May 24, 2024
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May 24, 2024
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ChannSpirations and Coincidences
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Maria Rattray
A Barbecue Invitation to Meet Two Scots Left Us GaspingOne random connection dependent on so many factors still leaves us scratching our heads
May 28, 2024
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May 28, 2024
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ChannSpirations and Coincidences
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Maria Rattray
Dear Serendipity…Thanks for Stepping Up and Lending Your Timely Hand to Make Our Daughter’s Wedding…All those remarkable coincidences will resonate with her forever
Jun 1, 2024
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Jun 1, 2024
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Pragmatic Wisdom
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Maria Rattray
All That Glitters Is Not GoldWith her past buried deeply, this allowed her to reveal her alternative persona to the world, as she saw fit
Jan 25, 2024
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Jan 25, 2024
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Good Vibes Club
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Maria Rattray
Is Love at First Sight Even a Thing?If ever you experience it, you just know, and your life will never, ever be the same again
Feb 9, 2024
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Feb 9, 2024
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Good Vibes Club
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Maria Rattray
On the Day They Were BornShe gave them each an enviable gift that would keep on giving, securing their fortune forever
Feb 10, 2024
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Feb 10, 2024
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ChannSpirations and Coincidences
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Maria Rattray
I’d Never Met a Guardian Angel, Yet One Was Much Closer Than I Could Ever Have ImaginedIn the midst of chaos he was there for me, in his human form
Feb 13, 2024
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Feb 13, 2024
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the Challenged
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Maria Rattray
In the First World Where Many of Us Live, is Comfort Something We Should Assume?Or..maybe instead of assuming, should we take a long, hard look at ourselves
Feb 15, 2024
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Feb 15, 2024
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The Daily Cuppa Grande
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Maria Rattray
Seven Years Ago Today, My Colleague’s Life Changed ForeverShe will never truly heal from the excruciating tragedy that struck without warning
Mar 27, 2024
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Mar 27, 2024
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Good Vibes Club
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Maria Rattray
Sharing Three Hugely Inspiring Stories…Because one or all of them could be the source of inspiration you could use right now…
Apr 2, 2024
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Apr 2, 2024
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Hope, Healing, and Humour
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Maria Rattray
One Foot in Fashion GraveThe true tale of a woman who largely avoids dress shops, lest she silently ‘tops’ herself
Apr 7, 2024
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Apr 7, 2024
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Hope, Healing, and Humour
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Maria Rattray
Conversing With Bots ‘Employed’ By the Company You ‘BOT’ FromThe true tale of a woman who largely avoids dress shops, lest she silently ‘tops’ herself
Apr 15, 2024
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Apr 15, 2024
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Pragmatic Wisdom
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Maria Rattray
Where Are You, Violin? The Sad Story of My Old Violin Kept By a Supposed RestorerHad he had an inkling of its value and decided to toss honesty to the dogs?
Apr 24, 2024
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Apr 24, 2024
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Hope, Healing, and Humour
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Maria Rattray
Yes! A Wedding Really Did Take PlaceAnd I, as the mother-of-the-bride, did wear a dress, but had to borrow something ‘old’ for my feet
May 15, 2024
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May 15, 2024
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