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Magic Minute My Quirky Loveable Mum

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My quirky loveable mother was something else!

Widowed when she was 23 with three little boys under 4 in far away Donald, she battled through thick and thin to keep us together.

When I was around 3, something remarkable happened while my mum was boiling the washing in the copper in the back yard.

In the 1940s, most homes had a humble copper; a big fire-heated recepticle with a copper insert in which the washing would be boiled and moved around with a big stick.

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Quote I’ve Always Been a Plodder

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Quote I’ve Always Been a Plodder By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “I’ve always been a plodder – but a determined, consistent plodder!” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #plodder #determined #consistent #lauriesmalequotes #findingmefindingyou Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn Profile Pinterest Twitter /

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From Terror to Wonder Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute From Terror to Wonder

Magic Minute From Terror to Wonder By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “So there we were, comfortably chatting by the fire in the wilds of the Bogong High Plains, completely oblivious to what was about to happen … I do remember the comforting red glow of the fire reflecting on our faces; the pitch blackness

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A Simple Touch of Kindness Laurie Smale Quote

Quote A Simple Touch of Kindness

Quote A Simple Touch of Kindness By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “A simple touch of kindess can cast a ray of sunlit hope into someone’s darkness” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #touchofkindess #rayofhope #someonesdarkness #lauriesmalequotes #Findingmefindingyou Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn

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A Universal Angel Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute A Universal Angel

Magic Minute A Universal Angel By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Ever been on the verge of your world crashing down around you when some Angel of The Universe appears and shields you from danger? That happened to me in the form of big, lovable,Pancho the Kiwi. We were on a rigorous training trip around

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Be Steadfast in Your Determination Laurie Smale Quote

Quote Be Steadfast in Your Determination

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Quote Be Steadfast in Your Determination By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Be steadfast in your determination and your fears will keep fading away like morning mist!” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #lauriesmalequotes #determination #yourfears #morningmist #findingmefindingyou Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn

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A Good Listener Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute A Good Listener

Magic Minute A Good Listener By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Three thousand times a day we’d do it! My Italian boss Lino would be fed a blob of molten glass and press it into a pancake of mosaic tiles, then I would ‘paddle’ these cakes into the cooling oven over and over again. But

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Always Focus On The Good Laurie Smale Quote

Quote Always Focus on The Good

Quote Always Focus on The Good By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Always focus on the good; it helps us emerge from our mistakes sure-footed and enlightened in some way” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #findingmefindingyou #lauriesmalequotes #focusonthegood #enlightened #surefooted Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram

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Magic Minute Meaning of Words

Magic Minute Meaning of Words By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // A young German couple sat uneasily in their English class wondering why their teacher had asked them to write down all they know about a working bee. “What a strange question!” They thought, and began wracking their brains for all the things that came

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Take That First Courageous Step Laurie Smale Quote

Quote Take That First Courageous Step

Quote Take That First Courageous Step By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Take that first courageous step into the joy of learning and confident progress will replace your fears!” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #lauriesmalequotes #firststep #joyoflearning #yourfears #findingmefindingyou Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn

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