Category Archives: Surviving brain injury

A remarkable story of a miraculous journey

Clearing the cache

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Sue Vincent

“… Your analogy yesterday wasn’t up to standard.” “I’ve got flu.” “I suppose… Anyway it’s reassuring when you fall below your usual standards…” “….?” “I get used to seeing you as not human most of the time.” “….!!” “… not … Continue reading →

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How to eat an elephant

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Sue Vincent

“I could have got the Eye of Horus, but that’s the School… this seemed more appropriate.” The little pewter charm of Anubis lay in my hand…. The Opener of the Ways… a perfect symbol. I was going to need a … Continue reading →

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Autumn gold

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Sue Vincent

It has been an emotional day. It started with a beautiful dawn, moving swiftly on to a bright and sunny autumn day… a memorable day for many reasons, both past and present. Well no, to be fair it had started … Continue reading →

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The wheels turn

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Well it has been an odd and busy day. There are a number of things I need to catch up with after the past few days, but today I had appointments. Including the ophthalmologist, who seemed to take way too … Continue reading →

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The soggy hobbit

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Yep. I’m going to have to share 🙂 Today I watched through tears as my son and his little Faith were married. Faith looked beautiful, something said about all brides, of course. But in this case it was simply true. … Continue reading →

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“You should write that…”

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Sue Vincent

On a day when my son is in Singapore with his fiancée and her family, where they have recently held the traditional tea ceremony for their upcoming marriage, I could not help going back through my diaries and letters to … Continue reading →

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Bursting

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I have been dying to write this post… Imagine the house hobbit bouncing up and down with glee… and a Mum prouder than you can imagine… and a heart full to bursting. You know my eldest’s son’s story…how, four years … Continue reading →

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The decadent hobbit

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I was, I admit, surprised when I actually managed to find the swimming costume, and even more surprised it still fits after all these years. So, with instructions from my son, whose epistle began with ‘Dear hobbit…’, to make use … Continue reading →

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Quantum of Solstice

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Sue Vincent

You can blame my son for the title. It came to him after reading Faith’s comment that the sculpture course in Rome had been a quantum leap of learning for her. And of course it was Solstice. We all had … Continue reading →

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Carer’s Week UK

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Sue Vincent

The creaking wakes me. Four a.m., and again I am poised, Ready to rise from the sofa bed, Conscious of the steel strut against my spine. Above my head, in the room once mine, The bed that was mine once … Continue reading →