Tag Archives: family

Having Kittens

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Sue Vincent

You may not be familiar with the phrase ‘having kittens’, but most parents will recognise the state of mind it describes… that vaguely panicked feeling when you see your children, whatever their age, risking their necks or doing something equally … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter | Tagged family, Life, motherhood | 6 Comments

Past… tense?

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Sue Vincent

“Reading is antisocial.” That was the clincher… his final word on the argument. I put the book down. For the best part of the next seven years… at least when anyone was around. Me, who had been a bookworm all … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Life, Love and Laughter, Spirituality | Tagged being, Books, family, fear, health, Life, love, relationships, spirituality | 26 Comments

“Not all tears….”

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Tears rolled down my cheeks yet again as the film drew to a close…. It had been one of those days, where many things had moved me. A loving message and photograph from a beautiful old lady whom I love … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs, Film, Friendship, Heart of Albion, Life, Love and Laughter, Lord of the Rings, Mythology, Peer Jackson, Spirituality, Stuart France, Tolkein | Tagged being, Books, Dogs, family, Film, Lord of the Rings, motherhood, Peter Jackson, spirituality, Tolkein | 6 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

Echo of Love

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Sue Vincent

My dear friend Sheila posted this pic on my Facebook page yesterday. In a lot of ways, I don’t really need to say any more than the image itself says. But you know me.. I can’t resist a blank … Continue reading →

Posted in Friendship, Life, Love and Laughter, Spirituality | Tagged family, Life, love, relationships, spirituality | 12 Comments

Jumdel and the Butter : Guest post by Alienora Taylor

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I want to introduce you to my pal Jumble. He’s a handsome lad, don’t you think? … We’ve been corresponding for ages…. these ‘puter things have their uses… but I’d really like to meet him one of these days… His … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Dogs, Life, Love and Laughter | Tagged Books, Dogs, family, Life | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Photography, Surviving brain injury | Tagged brain injury, chronic illness, family, love, motherhood, Nick Verron, Photography, relationships | 46 Comments

Notes from a small dog XXIV

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I’m bored. She’s not playing. She hasn’t been playing for the past few days. Just running round looking at clocks and calendars and muttering about dates. She’s up to something. I can tell. Me, I’m reduced to stalking flies…Even the … 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 →

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

There and back again

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I have been in Yorkshire for the best part of the week, to attend a five day course on behalf of the School. It has been odd to have little internet access and even my phone, which is usually a … Continue reading →