Tag Archives: Nick Verron

A hobbit’s revenge

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Sue Vincent

The patio doors in from the garden had been open when I arrived for the first time this year. An observer would see me seated in the centre of the room while my sons, both bearded, tall, alike but yet … Continue reading →

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Nerkism

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Well, that’s buggered* that post then. How was I to know it was already in the dictionary? I had planned an amusing piece about a term coined by my sons some while ago at a point where they sought to … Continue reading →

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Regressing

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I waltzed in the door singing to be met by groans and panic. The groans because of the singing, the panic mainly because I almost gave Nick a heart attack by accidentally catching the panic button on the alarm fob. … Continue reading →

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Being random

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I sit on the floor with my back against the door frame chatting away to my son and itching for a pen. I don’t have one to hand. The voice recorder, obviously, is in the other handbag… it always is. … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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…But the Greatest of these is Love

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Sue Vincent

In July 2009 we were left without hope. The murder investigation had already been launched before we made it to the hospital where my son lay clinging tenuously to life, a screwdriver rammed senselessly through his skull and deep into … Continue reading →

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