Tag Archives: health

A drink at Christmas….

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I am re-posting this from last Christmas.. I don’t want to have to write it again. 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 … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

Posted in Friendship, Life, Love and Laughter, Spirituality, Surviving brain injury | Tagged being, brain injury, fear, health, Life, Nick Verron, self help, spirituality | 7 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 →

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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 →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Spirituality, Surviving brain injury, travel | Tagged being, brain injury, chronic illness, coma, consciousness, health, Life, love, motherhood, Nick Verron, relationships | 30 Comments

The Mummy curses

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Sue Vincent

There has been much written about the curse of the Mummy. I cannot comment on the historical ones, but can assure you that at least one was doing a fair bit of cursing Friday in a small Buckinghamshire village. After … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love and Laughter, Spirituality, The Silent Eye | Tagged being, consciousness, health, Life, motherhood, relationships, self help, spirituality, The Silent Eye | 51 Comments

Monday morning

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Sue Vincent

5.30 am. Sunlight streams through the bedroom window, caressing my face with the promise of summer. Wake up, long, leisurely stretch, open eyes… okay, maybe not. Swollen again…sighs. They are going to look awful, I can tell. Ice packs at … 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 →