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We were given 32 sachets for tissues which were made by past Federation President Barbara Dixon prior to her death.<br \/>\nWe also included the poem below.<br \/>\nThank you all for your support.<br \/>\n&#8220;standing on tiptoe and looking ahead<br \/>\nWe try to discover the path we should tread,<br \/>\nOr looking behind us, lamenting the past<br \/>\nWe yearn for the things not intended to last<br \/>\nPostponing the present with all that it holds<br \/>\nWe miss all the richness as nature unfolds.<br \/>\nOne day at a time is as much as we need,<br \/>\nTo meet every problem and try to succeed&#8221; &#8211; Iris Hesselden<br \/>\nEleanor King<br \/>\nLinda Redhead and Eleanor King were invited to attend the first graduation ceremony of Halton PAUSE. Around 16 ladies were graduating. Some were unable to attend because of work or<br \/>\neducation commitments. A couple of the ladies had successfully been reunited with their children. There were several speakers from the organisers of the course but some of the ladies<br \/>\nalso spoke.<br \/>\nThere was a nice lunch and each lady received a certificate and a gift and had their photographs taken in a cap and gown. It was a very posit<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/widnes\/files\/2023\/05\/Linda-pause.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4922\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/widnes\/files\/2023\/05\/Linda-pause.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>ive experience and the organisers thanked us for our<br \/>\nattendance. 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