Category Archives: Nick Verron

Views from an Injured Brain by Nick Verron

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Holistic medicine is generally seen as ‘alternative’…. alternative to what? To the specialisms that treat individual aspects of any problem to the best of their ability, yet forget that a whole person is involved in any illness or injury. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Nick Verron, Surviving brain injury | Tagged ABI, alternative therapy, brain injury, emotional injury, Holistic medicine, mental health, tbi, trauma | 6 Comments

Laughter and cold comfort

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Home from the north once again, and reunited with the ball-chasing obsessive known as the small dog, I sit here freezing and waiting for the engineer to arrive. The gas heating apparently objected to whatever tripped the electricity – or … Continue reading →

Posted in Nick Verron | Tagged cupboard, humour, lion, prank, sons, the witch and the wardrobe | 54 Comments

Be your own worst enemy or your best friend by Nick Verron

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Nick Verron… my son on taking your own advice. It’s so awesome! I’ve accidentally led myself down a trail of thought which has solved the major problems currently holding me back in life. Yesterday, I was writing some … Continue reading →

Posted in Brain injury, depression, Nick Verron, Photography | Tagged brain donation, Film, inspiration, surviving brain injury, UKABIF | 7 Comments

Stranded in civilisation

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Brain injury, depression, Nick Verron, Uncategorized | Tagged dispossesd, forgotten people, hidden injury, living alone, loneliness, surviving brain injury | Leave a comment

Seussination

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Thinking to help my son heal his speech right I had sent out a call on the Freecycle site… Every day for a week I was checking to see If anyone local might have some books free. Remembering childhood and … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Brain injury, Humour, Motherhood, Nick Verron, Poetry | Tagged Dr Seuss, rehab, repetition, surviving brain injury | 38 Comments

Look both ways

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Sue Vincent

“What’s the Egyptian word for Hare?” Not the usual opener to a telephone conversation, I grant you, but less of a surprise than you might think. Nick is finally writing his book. We had been talking about it earlier over … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Books, Brain injury, Nick Verron, writing | Tagged ataxia, memoirs, memory, new book, surviving brain injury, work in progress | 65 Comments

My top ten posts that weren’t…

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Sue Vincent

It seems to be the season for re-posting top tens…so, in keeping with the spirit of things, I thought I might post my top ten posts of 2015. Then I had a look at what they were. Hrmph. It makes … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Books, Dogs, Don and Wen, Nick Verron, Stuart France, The Silent Eye, writing | Tagged blogging community, brain injury, support, top ten posts, year in review | 68 Comments

Inspired

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Sue Vincent

It has been an incredible year for my son!

Posted in Nick Verron, Photography, Poetry | Tagged finding inspiration, haiku, success | 34 Comments

Gift wrapped

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Sue Vincent

My son called me to ask if I’d seen what he’d been up to. I duly admired the striking new layout of his blog, acknowledging the amount of work that had gone into making it visually memorable, particularly for Nick … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Books, Friendship, Love, Nick Verron, Spirituality, writing | Tagged book by its covr, judging people, prejudice, wrapping gifts | 21 Comments

A new day

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Sue Vincent

Winter usually creeps in slowly, almost unnoticed, as autumn slows to its end. Not this year. On Thursday I headed north wearing a short sleeved T-shirt. On Friday I drove back from the meeting through a blizzard. Temperatures had dropped, … Continue reading →