Tag Archives: illness

Borrowed Wings… again

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

In 2009, after my son had been stabbed through the brain and left for dead in a coma, I was writing daily updates for all those around the world who were sending their love and prayers for his recovery. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Love | Tagged cancer, help, illness, kindness, love, prayer | 79 Comments

The Way It Used To Be ~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Sue Vincent

There were hollows underneath the old ruins. They could be reached through the small shadowy glen that indented the hill where the remains of the stone structure stood. Da had said that the underground spaces had likely been storerooms, but … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged Best friends, challenges, compassion, creative writing, flash fiction, friendship, healing, illness, imagination, loss, photo prompt, writephoto | Leave a comment

How ill? ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard, aka Jim Webster: I feel that it ill-becomes a chap to take advantage of another person’s illness, but sometimes you just have to stand back and admit that you have witnessed true genius at work. One … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged confessions, illness, mulled ale, temple dancers | 4 Comments

Halfway Home ~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Sue Vincent

She never grew tired of it. Even if fatigue had become part and parcel of her every day. Of her very breath. It did not matter. Her fatigue didn’t, that is. At least, it did not matter as much as … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged acceptance, choices, End of life, finding peace, going home, Hospice, illness, photo prompt, serenity, writephoto, writing challenge | 1 Comment

Timeless ~ Hayley R. Hardman #writephoto

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It was a silly idea but it stuck in my head and what did I have to lose anyway? An afternoon getting lost, back tracking lots then finally finding the correct field. Though, it’s hard to say those hours were … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged countryside, drama, escape, illness, Image Writing Prompts, legend, Life, mysterious, personal, stone, winter, writephoto | 1 Comment

Well Worth It ~ Notes to Women #writephoto

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I stand here, in the mist, waiting. Waiting for you. Every year, I come to the spot where we last parted company and where you promised me that you would be upon your return after the journey which called you … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged busines, cry, employ, heart, illness, journey, lawyer, London., married, mist, mountains, separation, Sherlock Holmes, sing | Leave a comment

Love in cold blood

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

A healing embrace The gift of a loving soul Wears many faces A burden borne for others Lightening the heart of both * What I had observed in my fish tank with my little dying fish, I was privileged to … Continue reading →

Posted in fish, Photography | Tagged #Colleen’s tanka challenge, care, illness, love, Poetry, recovery | 20 Comments

A life on the scales

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Sue Vincent

My son has a sick fish in his pond over which we are both worrying. The trouble with pond fish is that they have many places to hide if they are unwell, and you only usually see them from above, … Continue reading →

Posted in fish, Photography | Tagged aliens, care, death, illness, Life, love, sick fish, tenderness | 79 Comments

Glade #writephoto Hayley R. Hardman

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Story Files: As we tromped through the Japanese ‘suicide’ forest, I tried to remember what number this activity had been at on Robin’s bucket list. Somewhere around the middle maybe? Scrambling over a large tree root, I … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged #writephoto, autumn, camping, death, forest, friends, halloween, horror, illness, Image Writing Prompts, Japan, Life, October, travel | 6 Comments

Notes from a small dog – On duty

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There’s something wrong with the two-legs. She’s not broken exactly, but she’s not working right. I keep having to remind her about impotant things… like my dinner. ‘Off colour’ she calls it… I thought that only happened to the fish … Continue reading →