Tag Archives: disability

The bionic son

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Yesterday I drove my son to Cambridge. It is a two hour drive from here, a long way, you might think, to go for a physio appointment. But this was something a bit different. Nick was stabbed through the brain … Continue reading →

Posted in Brain injury, Motherhood, Nick Verron, Physiotherapy | Tagged brain injury, disability, love, motherhood, Nick Verron | 46 Comments

The sound of silence

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Today there will be a two minute silence, an act of Remembrance. How many will hear it? “‘Sound!’ ‘Quite. Do you realise that the word silent and the word listen are comprised of the same set of letters arranged in … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Surviving brain injury | Tagged chronic illness, consciousness, disability, fear, health, Life | 28 Comments

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 →

Posted in Books, England, Landscape, Life, Love and Laughter, Photography, Surviving brain injury, travel | Tagged being, Books, brain injury, chronic illness, coma, disability, family, fear, health, landscape, Life, love, motherhood, nature, Nick Verron, Photography | 47 Comments

“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 →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Surviving brain injury | Tagged brain injury, disability, family, fear, health, Life, love, motherhood, Nick Verron | 10 Comments

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 →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Photography, Spirituality, Surviving brain injury | Tagged being, brain injury, disability, Photography, self help, The Silent Eye | 18 Comments

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 →

Posted in Events, Life, Love and Laughter, Poetry, Surviving brain injury | Tagged brain injury, carers care disability chronic illness depression, disability, health, poetry | 20 Comments

Possum ergo facit – I can therefore I do.

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Today, as I watched my son walk a few steps unsupported down the hallway of the home in which he lives independently, preparing to walk his bride to be down the aisle in a few months’ time, I was struck … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Spirituality, Surviving brain injury, The Silent Eye, Uncategorized | Tagged being, brain injury, chronic illness, coma, disability, lessons, Nick Verron, self help, The Silent Eye | 226 Comments

Refuse to Lose

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I have just witnessed a miracle. And no, that is not a melodramatic statement. Simply true. I just watched my son walk again. Unsupported. For the first time in three and a half years. Five steps. Yes it has already … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Spirituality, Surviving brain injury, The Silent Eye | Tagged brain injury, coma, disability, Life, magic, motherhood, Nick Verron, The Silent Eye | 80 Comments

Reality according to Facebook

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Sue Vincent

The past day or so has been quite surreal. I have watched the new year as the world has turned coming to friends across the globe. Although I sat here alone, or went about the daily business of housework, writing … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Spirituality, Surviving brain injury, The Silent Eye | Tagged being, coma, disability, Life, love, motherhood, Nick Verron, spirituality, The Silent Eye | 4 Comments

A Drink at Christmas?

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Sue Vincent

There was a wall immediately to our left, parked cars to the right, nowhere to go as the headlights sped towards us. “He’s going to hit us.” My husband gripped the wheel of the Rapier, bracing himself in the split … Continue reading →