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Category Archives: Brain injury
The inconvenient walking dead… III #COVID #cancer #carers #lockdown
Following on from posts One and Two: “Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?” Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Last spring when we went into lockdown and we were encouraged … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, cancer
Tagged death, health, lockdown, terminal patients, vaccine, virus
161 Comments
The inconvenient walking dead… #COVID #cancer #carers
I am not a happy bunny, more of an angry bird, and I am going to say so, regardless of how much subtle and not-so-subtle pressure has been applied in various areas to encourage us all to be nice, obedient, … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, cancer
Tagged caregiver, carers, coronavirus, pandemic, PAs, personal assistant
168 Comments
An iceberg universe
Fat little fingers hold up the toy as she peers at her reflection, laughing at herself. That she is, at two years old, very self-aware is evident in the way she plays with her own and her family’s reflections in … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, Brain injury, Life
Tagged children, consciousness, growth, imagination, mirror test, observation, science, self awareness, understanding
5 Comments
Out of nowhere
Beckie at Beckie’s Mental Mess is running a series at present to highlight the many misunderstood aspects of mental health by asking people to write of their own experiences. This week, she is looking at the effects of PTSD. Ten … Continue reading
Breaking barriers…
Ten years ago today, July 4th 2009, I learned to fear answering the telephone. Four words changed the lives of everyone in our little family and that of many of our friends. My son, over a hundred miles away in … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, flight, Life
Tagged achieving the impossible, adventure, courage, inspiration, surviving brain injury
159 Comments
Starting small…
“…grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change…” Alert and tense, ready for any stumble, I watched him cross the living room, slowly, painstakingly, supported by the walking frame. He does it every day, and so do … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, family, Grief
Tagged disability, growth, knowing yourself, physical challenges, recovery, serenity prayer, wisdom
74 Comments
Traffic…
The morning is silent. Even the usual distant traffic noise of the rush-hour mayhem is hushed. The busy road that runs through the village no longer channels the speeding cars and lorries that habitually thunder through this small village. My … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, children, Life, Memory, terror
Tagged comfort, fear, flashbacks, imagination, mental health, post traumatic stress disorder, reaction, road accident, trauma
40 Comments
A strange gift…
Like most mothers, I have been the recipient of some strange gifts in my time. When children are young, what seems appropriate in their eyes may seem downright bizarre to an adult observer not privy to the inner workings of … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, Brain injury, depression, Dreams, flight, Love, Motherhood, Nick Verron, symbolism, travel
Tagged gifts, hope, surviving brain injury, Tenerife, volcanic rock
95 Comments
What is love by Nick Verron
Nick is my son… and although he has been loved his whole life and has loved in his turn, in the article below he asks a question to which all of us will give a different answer. It is the … Continue reading
Posted in Brain injury, Dreams, Love, Nick Verron, Relationships
Tagged ABI, Go Fund Me, love, Mountain Trike, surviving brain injury, tbi
16 Comments