Tag Archives: surviving brain injury

Five days photo challenge 2 – Wheels

This is not a bike. It is not even just an awesome recumbent trike. This is adventure. It is currently being customised at London Recumbents who sent the pictures, and explains one of the mysterious trips we made down that … Continue reading

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Risk assessment

My son is Up To Something. No, not another jump! You’ll have gathered I’m dying to write about it, but until he lets me, I remain silent. Sort of. Suffice it to say that the whole affair carries more than … Continue reading

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May Day Magic

Today, I went for a walk with my son. Even writing that has me grinning from ear to ear. Let me say that again. I went for a walk with my son. The one who can’t walk… who hasn’t walked … Continue reading

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Normal rules don’t apply

“I’d kill the bastard, if it was one of my kids.” I’ve heard that so many times over the past few years since my son was stabbed through the brain. I can understand it; that is precisely what I would … Continue reading

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Shaping the day

For America, July 4th is Independence Day and a national holiday. For me it is a date carved in memory with a screwdriver when four words ripped the bottom out of my world, “We have your son…” I have told … Continue reading

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