Tired of frequent heartbreak. Tired the only thing you can’t forget is being in this mess. Tired of complaining about things. Tired of feeling like I’ve lost myself. Just Tired.

Read More Just Tired…

😂cry laughing or if the lemon was squirt in your eye you would probably cry with pain! My hospital BFF Dympna just shared this memory on Facebook and I’m cracking up 😂 don’t bother with the lemon attack anyone annoying! Advice: don’t annoy Dympna!!

Read More You could literally cry…

As you probably all know if you’re on Facebook when it’s coming up to your birthday you can pick a charity to support as your birthday charity. I obviously picked Brain injury matters (BIM) as I love it! My explanation on the birthday fundraiser on Facebook: I think that’s a wonderful and quite accurate description […]

Read More Explaining stuff

@heal.the.brain.withjane is a great account for getting feel good vibes which I think are great. Everybody needs reassurance they can do things once in a while. Something more than good is coming your way!

Read More It’s coming for ya!

I feel terrible. I think this cause I know I can walk a little bit and I can build on that. But my mum is making me go in the wheelchair tonight. We are going out for a family birthday and it’s a little Indian restaurant we haven’t been to so we don’t know the […]

Read More Let the wild child out!

Facebook memory today from 6 years ago. I said I was ‘missing the summer sunshine’. 6 years later and I’m still missing the summer sunshine but no importantly I’m missing the average existence! But on a positive note. Had a great physio session today! New note to remember I need to try and pull my […]

Read More The usual memory…

YES! Had my first physio session on my new plinth from http://www.scottmedical.com was great! Surprised QV by bringing her upstairs to my big bedroom where she was introduced to the new plinth! I think she was delighted because it gave her a lot more access to different muscles that weren’t so easy on the hospital […]

Read More Physio on the proper plinth!

I’m gonna make you burn🔥... mwahahaha ( obv joke…incase you don’t know my humor by now 😁)

Read More Fire starter 🔥

I have a tbi. Specifically a dai. Diffused axonal injury. Mine was one of the rough ones (severe). This is the explanation of it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_axonal_injury ‘Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is a brain injury in which scattered lesions in white matter tracts as well as gray matter occur over a widespread area. … The outcome is frequently coma, with […]

Read More Winning the race!

Feeling ‘your best’ can also make you a better person. You can do it!

Read More Pay attention!

In brain injury matters (BIM) we’ve had a few yoga sessions. They work in 8 weeks blocks, depending on funding. I’ve been there for 2 sessions. I love it 🥰 and I really like the teacher we have, Dennis. The block of teaching is finished for now, so we don’t know when Dennis will be […]

Read More Yoga ❤️

Was talking to my pa Sarah today, we were discussing many things at length! Here are a few good life points that were discussed… Everything gets were it’s supposed to be evidently. Thinking about it… …Worms have no legs but they still manage to get around and where they want to be. An ant has […]

Read More Worm and Ant!

My gym is not gonna be in the dining room anymore! It’s moving up stairs. WE ARE GETTING OUR DINING ROOM BACK! I’ve bought my own bobath plinth for exercise and stretching! My house is getting back to normal! Thank you http://www.scottmedical.com for supplying and delivering. I really like this olive green!

Read More Bobath plinth arrived!

Keep going through the storm youll reach a rainbow at the end.

Read More Aim

read this today and it gave me a major feel good. 💪🏻🙌🏻💪🏻

Read More Your comeback

I woke up and thought it was Sunday – yay a day with no agenda… NO ITS TUESDAY!! Mixed up…Like these colours

Read More Brain injury blip..

Instagram is a great place for finding wonderful things and getting inspired! It’s brilliant for brain injury individuals to get inspired and find others! There is a wonderful account I follow that’s great to follow for brain injury and just for great inspo! And I think that everyone needs to find their sparkle and never […]

Read More Don’t lose it!

Art today is an interpretation of ‘the brain injury tree’ we are making for are play representing brain injury. The coloured leaves are representing different parts of Brain injury eg. Physical, cognitive, speech, psychology etc.. first time trying out oil paints too! We are doing a life size version for are play at BIM for […]

Read More Brain injury tree!

Received this from my dear friend Gemma who lives in Scotland and got a brain injury years ago, I would say she is very well recovered but as anyone with a brain issue knows it’s always there. https://gemmabromley.co.uk/contact/

Read More Belief!

Watching the film “fighting with my family” and this was a line that was said by ‘the rock’ Dwayne Johnston. “don’t worry about being the next me be the first you” I think it’s a line I need to listen to. There are a lot of people I would like to be like who have […]

Read More Be the first you

This was put up on a brain injury Facebook page. It’s so nice to hear and understand though we all have different circumstances and we are spread across the planet we can be there for each other and can kind of relate. ❤

Read More No one fights alone.

b This guy Ben Tansley is incredible and has a brilliant attitude. That’s what I need to be like cause sometimes my attitude sucks. But I need to remember if we were all the same nothing would be interesting. “You are you and that is your power” 💓

Read More 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 “you are you and that’s your power” ❤️❤️❤️

And this splendid Saturday was very good cause we went to a good few places! First of all we went to see Ulster rugby. It was a great game against Bath: Ulster have secured a Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final spot after today’s 22-15 victory https://www.ulsterrugby.com And more great news: stuck to dry January all day […]

Read More Back to splendid Saturday!

I hope I’m able to do this tomorrow and it wasn’t a one off but QV said it’s probably means my body is getting more stable! (The sit-ups are paying off even if there’s no evident 6 pack yet!) My usually useless left arm was listening when I was standing by the stairs practicing getting […]

Read More Positive progress!

My art exhibition is still on in Tullycarnet library! https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/Pages/Tullycarnet-Library.aspx And even better they have sold a few for me raising money for BIM! So I’ve painted them 2 more today to replace the ones they have sold! I think it’s going to be on for another week or so if you would like to […]

Read More Still on!

It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn’t heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore’s stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore. “Hello Eeyore,” said Pooh. “Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet,” said Eeyore, in a Glum Sounding Voice. “We just […]

Read More Because we are your friends…

Believe it! Just saw this on Instagram and it gave me a boost. Thank you @jessymunch82617 for putting this up! Everyone reading this if you’re struggling believe it!

Read More You can do hard things!

This came up as a Facebook memory at the right time! Right after I wrote the blog about the sadness and suffocating.

Read More Right time.

I’m feeling quite depressed. I have never properly been depressed I don’t think. I’ve been sad. But this is worse, it’s a sadness I can’t lift. Like the sorrow is suffocating me. The sadness and anger are suffocating me in a vicious deep blue sea of these in-depth and dark emotions. Using colourful and descriptive […]

Read More Suffocating

You could try this shop/showroom in newtownabbey! You can pick from a large selection of chairs/sofas and try them until you find your right fit! The staff have all been trained by ot skilled individuals so they have an idea of the requirements that you may need. Today I had a very positive, armchair purchasing […]

Read More Need a specialist chair?

I received this photo from my dear friend who I started speaking with looking for advice through this brain injury experience. She gave friendship and a great support through this brain injury experience passing on guidance and advice as someone with first hand knowledge with brain challenges. https://gemmabromley.co.uk She sent me this today! A photo […]

Read More Saying thanks for the support

I always was a teachers pet!..100% 😛

Read More Oh you’re a pet!

Happy, Hurtling and Healing

Read More HHH

…on what side of bed you get out of.

Read More It just depends…

Today was swimming. I was a ‘water baby’ before this brain thing as you know so swimming is a very satisfying exercise for me to do and its always fantastic! Today was super great cause my ‘usually crap’ left leg was not so crap, I told it to bend, it bent. I told it to […]

Read More Boring…but keeping track!

This is so hard. I think you know the person is right for you went you are comfortable showing the extremes. And it’s no effort either way. I laughed at small, silly, insignificant stuff but also comfortable to just cry. I just cried tonight when James was going home. Though really I have no right […]

Read More Hard.

We have yoga classes in brain injury matters. I really enjoy the yoga classes and I just wanted to thank the yoga teacher Dennis for all his efforts in the classes in BIM! If you are in Belfast and want to try yoga Dennis is a super teacher and he is really helpful and puts […]

Read More Enjoyment

…very possible… But I just thought why not because it is something I can’t read enough. I love reading this as it’s a gentle reminder to stick at it through the hard times, which are sometimes not very frequent sometimes it feels like they don’t leave.

Read More Possible repeat

I’m feeling like a real artist! A friend put this up on my Facebook and I felt very chuffed! How wonderful is this! Someone purchased my art from the library where it was being displayed/up for sale and not knowing me or about the situation! So it definitely wasn’t a pity purchase. More so it […]

Read More Feeling very real!

I’m really not a heavy drinker but the way I was explaining dry January was going well to QV today in physio you would have thought I was heavy at it! So I went on about how dry January was going very well and all. Tonight we stayed on the straight and narrow. No alcohol. […]

Read More Everything is going well!

It’s Friday! So you know from a lot of my blogs a lot of Friday nights are friday night fun not Friday night dinner (reference channel 4 sitcom) But quite frequently I see my marvelous ot friend Sophie! Well tonight was one of those great nights she had invited me to her house for some […]

Read More Predictable…

I made a lot of new friends through this brain injury trip! A one I can especially relate to is Gemma Bromley. Who is a tbi survivor too but she gives me so much hope cause I would say she’s really got herself back together and you wouldn’t tell she used to be broken like […]

Read More New friends!

In BIM today I didn’t use the wheelchair at all. Walked in to the room, walked to the gym, walked back to the main room and walked out to the car. It’s just the balance I need to conquer then I’d be flying! (Or walking if I am being realistic!)

Read More Hopefully soon!

The Same You jumper arrived! I love it! Emilia Clarke has done such a good job in promoting her brain injury charity. It’s just so good that a young, famous and beautiful woman can promote rehabilitation for brain injury. So young girls (like me) don’t feel like the only and odd one! https://sameyou.teemill.com

Read More It arrived!!

I received a message from my friends in Marbella. They were over with their wee son at new year and we had went out with them all for coffee, I had also painted their wee son a painting of their dogs 😊. I received these photographs today which made me joyful! The painting is up […]

Read More Joyful!

Your sometimes told as a child not to push the boundaries! As a child I was very obedient and stayed well within the lines…but I think this brain injury has taught me sometimes you need to push outside the lines to get where you want to be! So that’s the advice I’d want to share […]

Read More Push the boundaries…

I hold on to a lot of things for sure. But as of ‘never forget’ not so sure of that these days. Brain injury and all 🙄🙄 and you’re all wishing i would shut up about this brain injury. I’ve played that card now, it’s getting very frayed at the edges! 🙄

Read More Edges frayed…

I was chatting with my uncle Thomas tonight and after seeing the last blog with all the walking videos he sent me a message saying that it easy to forget how far I’ve come. “Congratulations on fighting the long fight”. My response was: “I might be the captain of this fight (brain injury battle) but […]

Read More I might be the captain…

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Read More Excellent advice

This came up as a memory on Facebook. We’re here now! Still dibs are mine! 😆

Read More We are here now!

Here is a photograph I received from my mums friend. She bought her grandson a painting when I had the sale of paintings for brain injury matters! It’s really lovely to see your work appreciated!

Read More Happy!

This brain injury might have made me different but I’m not gonna change the ‘new me’ for people’s approval.

Read More I don’t need approval

This is for the long haul I have to remember. There is no permanent healing for this brain injury. But I can make this worth it.

Read More Worth it

Physio QV has given me a wee exercise to help my balance. Stand with my back against the wall, working on my balance, not holding anything so I was practicing this! I really enjoy doing this exercise as it makes me feel majorly independent not holding on to anything/needing anyone. I asked James to photograph […]

Read More Surgery solution!

The final result is back and it’s GREAT. Dinner was super. I would actually recommend that jar if you’re stuck for time. That’s not easy for me to say cause I love cooking from scratch and very fresh but for a quick and easy dinner that was super tasty I would recommend this rogan josh! […]

Read More Final result!

After standing with ‘my back against the wall’ this afternoon I decided to get organised for our date night in! My friend Jennie who does my nails brought me a rogan josh sauce from Lidl her and her partner like! And not only has it been recommended, it is super easy to use and apparently […]

Read More Productive day!

And I was in a position I couldn’t move from… …because if I had moved I probably would have landed on my derrière on the floor! I am happy I stood by myself for an hour and 5 minutes while Linda went and got her hair done. I was totally by myself (well – just […]

Read More My back was against the wall!

Stole this from my friend Dympna (who was in the brain injury unit with me) but think it’s a lovely description. ‘Try and fit together somehow’ it’s like I’m really hard jigsaw that has been shook up really badly! And it’s just a reflection and description of ‘rebroken’ rebekah

Read More Try and fit together

Is me And James just sent me these pictures. Suppose it the next picture shows he takes care of me as the other night I had cold ears and he put this plan in action! It might look like the teddy gave birth to me but it worked for my cold ears!

Read More Loopy!

And Friday is sometimes an Ulster night! Tonight was one of those Ulster 38 Munster 17 woohoo! James went with me. We stuck with coffee again tonight but the coffee queue was reallyyy long! It was evident it was January. So many people must be doing dry January. James is doing it. So I may […]

Read More It’s Friday!

Read this saying put up on instagram this morning it was prefect to wake up to! The right head to start the weekend with! #itwillbeokay

Read More It will be okay

❤️read this there now when I really needed it And it’s nearly feel good Friday into the bargain!

Read More Feel good Friday!

James and I went to meet some friends and their wee son for a coffee, in caffe Nero ormeau road! https://caffenero.com/uk/store/belfast-ormeau-road-724/ James was the hero as usual! He knows I would prefer to try and walk rather than use the wheelchair. So today without telling me, he left the wheelchair at home! So we walked […]

Read More Today’s adventure!

I saw this written today on Instagram and I shouldn’t forget it, cause when I think about were I started..I couldn’t talk, eat, get my body to function correctly, move my left side at all never mind walk! It might be slow process but it’s going in the right direction

Read More Never forget where you started…

I thought I may as well jump the bandwagon with the 10 year picture thing but nevermind me my grandfather is amazing. He was 82 there I think! Even though he’s ten years older doesn’t look THAT much different… maybe youth will be on my side!

Read More Bandwagon gang!

Brought in the new year in style! Not only was this the end of the year it was also the end of a decade! Which means the start of a new one which ties in quite well with me entering the new chapter of recovery! These photos were from tonight! Bringing the new decade in […]

Read More 2020 start of a new chapter!

10 years and crazy things have happened I could never have imagined! I wasn’t yet an adult ten years ago! 2 photos of me ten years apart. I’m so glad i gave up the bleached hair. If I hadn’t would probably be bald! In the last ten years..I have left school I went to university […]

Read More Reflection…

and I’m famished for normality…

Read More Hungry

(I’m sorry my last few posts have been just word pictures) l thought this one was actually a lovely way of looking at this tbi hardship.

Read More Actually blessed

Be sure of yourself

Read More Self confidence is key.

So don’t be scared of the camera (life) go out and flaunt it!

Read More Smile for the camera…

I know you have seen this picture on my last blog but just thought of this title and couldn’t waste it!! Or risk forgetting it!

Read More 2020 here I come!

Clearly a winner! 🏅🏆🥇! I just loved this phrase. No point to it really. But anyone who placed a bet on me not doing it, your bet is in trouble. I am gonna do it no matter how long it takes!

Read More What could I be?

Went to visit my great aunt with my mum and uncle today. It was so lovely as I hadn’t seen her since before my accident and she is 94! Amazing! I walked in to house with my uncle and mum and when I got in i saw she had a rolater! If she wasn’t 94 […]

Read More Lovely visit!

…to post this, Go into 2020 remembering this:

Read More Incase I forget…

This bloody tbi is a pain. Not physically but majorly mentally. At times I can really feel out of the loop with a lot of my friends since I am not currently physically independent. Like many in their twenties, so much of my pre-TBI life was lived outdoors or socialising and the dramatic interruption to […]

Read More Pale green

This picture is very accurate. Everything might suck but still keep focused on finding rainbows in the stormy wet skies.

Read More Find the rainbows!

I stole this from the celebrity dinner date that was on tv today but it’s so accurate! And apart from wanting to be the ‘1st’ in this brain injury race against speech, physical movement and cognitive ability I just hate losing. Hate it. I’m not a loser!

Read More 2nd place is just 1st last!

Be comfortable with your life even if it’s not going on the straight and narrow as you expected.

Read More This brain injury is learning curve…

Went to the Ulster match tonight and Ulster won to give us something to party about and more reason to go home for a rum! Woohoo 🥳 James and I at the rugby: note: my eyes seem to close a lot more in photos. I have no idea if this is a brain injury thing […]

Read More ULSTER 35 – CONNACHT 3

The Christmas holiday time is always good for most of us lucky people. Not only do we get lovely food and presents, we normally get to see a wide range of family! Today had a lovely visit from mums cousin, his wife, their daughter and their new german shepherd pup! 🐕

Read More Holiday time!

My left leg is walking like a million times better than it has been since I started this recovery journey and learning to walk again! Elated is one way to describe how happy it makes me but then on the other hand I remember setting an aim of walking by this Christmas (and though I’m […]

Read More Last Christmas

Christmas morning is lovely. Especially if you get presents! I’m lucky that I do! And I got great presents 🎁 lots of paint and painting materials (which you may know from this blog I love and will get fantastic use! The fantastic might be personal opinion!) And I got the opportunity to give my parents […]

Read More Presents!

Christmas Eve was a lovely day. Visiting a good few people and spending the evening with my uncle and grandfather when my mum took granny to midnight communion. Lovely evening with the ‘young fellas’ (grandfather and uncle)

Read More Christmas eve!

I can’t seem to physically cry anymore though my heart cry’s every damn day. 😢

Read More Tbi took away this too…

I know I’m lucky in my situation, I can talk, I’m learning to walk, I’ve discovered I’m stronger than I thought, my personality has got stronger (and some would argue better!) I’m not a giver upper. I know I’m very lucky to be able to do these things, and I should feel grateful. But it’s […]

Read More It’s hard to feel lucky

The recovery is much harder now as I’m totally aware of everything, were as in the early days I had very little awareness and memory.

Read More Awareness and memory

Last night and this morning when I was lying down in bed a got an itchy left knee and I LIFTED it and BENT it to scratch it! More reason for me to say merry Christmas to me, I think closer to walking! That’s all I want for Christmas…you’re not in the equation!!

Read More Positive update!!

6 years ago…seems longer to me…feels like a life time ago. But I’ll get there again…well not there exactly. We can’t get to 2013 – but you know the expression…

Read More Lifetime ago…

Cause it’s so hard and unbearable…DON’T.

Read More Even if you want to…

Yeah… I HATE making mistakes. It seems my life is all a mistake waiting to happen 😢😅😂 (Mistake one: I was writing this blog cause I had made a mistake in the last 15minutes…now I can’t remember what it was)

Read More I HATE making mistakes

My fabulously wonderful uncles and I ❤️ my uncle Thomas has especially has been a real support through this whole brain injury thing. So much thanks to give 🙌🏻

Read More Wonderful!

This memory came up on Facebook. I shared it last year and I shared it today again. Repetitive but it’s a reminder of this crap. But the good thing is James is up in mums to cook his curry and make my Saturday excellent! 😊 “This is getting old. Put this memory up this last […]

Read More 4 years ago. 4. FOUR.

My great friend Sophie (who is an ot) was here she always comes on a Friday evening ❤️ and I’m so thankful for, we were discussing how I’m on ‘the brain injury bus’ and my journey might be hard work from now but I’ve made it on the bus anyway so I might as well […]

Read More I’m on the bus!..

today’s real and accurate quotes…

Read More Owning yourself!

The exhibition at the ‘yarn spinning’ evening was so good. Thank you to Tullycarnet library for a wonderful night of story telling and displaying my art! https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/Pages/Tullycarnet-Library.aspx

Read More Exhibition report!

And one I love 💓 My hospital bestie Dympna came all the way up from limavady to Belfast to see me! True friendship made in the strangest way. Like you know you’re proper friends if you only met through both your brain injury experiences in hospital. And even when you’re past that terrible bit in […]

Read More The Christmas tradition!

In my volunteering placement in cedar (brain injury foundation) I’m placed in their advertising/marketing team. This is my Christmas closure leaflet I designed and put together! I think it’s cute and they must have thought it was acceptable putting it on their face book page!

Read More My work being used!

Read More this never should have been your road

Life in general can be hard but let it shape you into a different, (maybe or maybe not) better person.

Read More Life can be hard

If only it was like this… I’d be fixed already!

Read More If Only!

Well not me personally but this picture I painted this morning! It was painted especially for the art exhibition in aid of BIM happening on Thursday evening in the Tullycarnet library! (Look for further details on a previous blog post) https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/Pages/Tullycarnet-Library.aspx

Read More I’m feeling pretty!

I’m mid brain battle and it’s so tough. The second stage of this brain battle was only really when the fighting starts. Fighting to discover my ‘new’ normality. A big part of working out who I now was was getting to attend brain injury matters and meeting other young people who have had to/are facing […]

Read More Brain battle experience

Well I looked it up and there is some stuff on trauma dyslexia but I couldn’t find anything on trauma fixing it. I had dyslexia through school. I was tested at like 12 and they discovered I had (a mild form) of it. I did the usual things, mixed up ps and qs, struggled with […]

Read More No evidence for this…

My art exhibition supporting brain injury matters is at Tullycarnet library now but come for a special night on Thursday 19th December! Come for a Christmas night out! It’s Yarnspinners Christmas night! Why not come for non alcoholic or alcoholic mulled wine, tea, coffee, biscuits and Christmas story tellers! It starts at 8 and ends […]

Read More Details of exhibition!

My dad told me that tonight. But I disagree. You are brave when you look for bravery when you do something heroic like arrested a bad person or save someone from being in bad trouble…it’s not really brave when you are trying to get back from a tbi. There is nothing you wouldn’t do to […]

Read More You’re very brave

Stayed in mine and James’ last night. He keeps the painting I did for him at my side of the bed. How romantic. Maybe you can very slightly understand why he’s my hero.

Read More Woke up this morning in the best spot!

This Saturday night I went down to mine and James’! Got spoilt to his homemade curry again! ❤️ James’s beautiful, homemade Thai curry #mrkeeper 😁

Read More Saturday evening adventure!

Jordan Bone put a great post up on Instagram today. It talked about what is failure really? Not trying. I agree. If you try and don’t succeed, try, try again!! It’s never failure if you try.

Read More What is failure really?

Read this on Facebook tonight. I think before I wouldn’t have taken so much interest in this kind of thing. Not cause I had no interest, I just had no reason to think about it. But I think the last THREE years are really taking their toll on me now. My mental HEALTH feels quite […]

Read More Be kind today.

Such a long, horrible and windy road.

Read More Long, difficult and challenging struggle

🐰 I’m happy though! So may as well be a bunny! Walked in to BIM today, into the yoga room, back from the yoga room, to and from the bathroom, back out to the exit! Here a picture of my redundant chair in the hall! Made me so happy to see it there, sitting redundant! […]

Read More Happy bunny!

In BIM today we watched die hard! I had never seen it before and I never would have thought it had any Christmas/Santa references! But today we counted 9! My favorite was ‘now I have a machine gun!🎅🏽 ho ho ho!’

Read More Now I have a machine gun, ho ho ho!

Was talking to a guy who volunteers at BIM. He has a brain injury himself. We were talking about brain injuries and how they are difficult wee buggers!! He was saying they are not like any cuts. You can’t just wrap it up and reassured me it’ll be okay. He was told by a doctor […]

Read More Can YOU handle it!?

Had a super day today. Went out for a lovely Christmas dinner event with Brain Injury Matters (BIM) it was so nice and we got to meet Santa! https://www.parkavenuehotel.co.uk https://www.braininjurymatters.org.uk

Read More BIM Christmas dinner!

That’s why this is taking time. 😎 I’m great 🙄

Read More Great things…

Today I went to see my art display (put together by my wonderful neighbour Michael!) in the flesh. It looks amazing, he has designed it really well! If you have any interest of going to visit you can attend and find out what pieces are for sale! https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/Pages/Tullycarnet-Library.aspx

Read More See in person!

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Read More For all the sceptics….

The one good reason I was doing a blog. I HAD ANOTHER DREAM! This is apparently hit or miss after brain injury. Some people lose the ability to dream totally. I dream way less than I used to pre brain injury but the odd occasion I still get them post brain injury😁 but when I […]

Read More Doh! Forgot the main point!

This an old phrase but I hope it’s accurate…! Stars are possibly better than the moon. We say ‘reach for the stars!’ Not reach for the moon!’

Read More Old but accurate

Had to cancel physio, sickest I’ve been in 2 years. Black reflects how I’m feeling today dark, down and disheveled (not just in mind in body too)

Read More In mind and body.

I’m up and running!…(well I’m obviously not talking about me physically) but I am up and running in some ways! I did a blog the other day about my fantastic neighbour Michael, who works in Tullycarnet library trying to organize putting my art up to show my pieces displayed together and for Brain Injury Matters […]

Read More Up and running!

update on my art exhibition kindly organised by my neighbour who works in the library. He has put a lovely display of my art and made contact with brain injury matters so we can represent them through posters etc. Here is the lovely display he has designed! Not quite finished yet but hopefully for the […]

Read More Ready, set, DISPLAY!

I know that at the start of my recovery I learnt there was a major difference between sick and injured. Before this I hadn’t really paid attention to how big the difference was. I might be presently recovering from a major injury but I am also majorly sick. I have a fever and a very […]

Read More So sick.

As you probably know from me talking before I was a big Ed Sheeran fan preaccident. Still am but he has got way WAY more competition now. Anyway the point of me telling you this was that the fan was always me. NEVER James, not that he didn’t like him, just wasn’t his thing. James […]

Read More Artist of the decade!

I miss younger me. I maybe thought I knew troubles but I had no clue.

Read More I just wanna be there again

So this afternoon I was organising my art work to pass on to my neighbour (thank you Michael🙏🏻) who works in Tullycarnett library and has organised for me to display my brain injury art work for me to raise awareness and help support a brain injury charity! My artwork labelled and ready to display: It’s […]

Read More Art exhibition!

So if you love doing it – like me- may as well try and spread the love through it! So today I painted a picture (filled with love) for a family friend. It’s her wee pet. My presents may be filled with love but there also very PREDICTABLE. So don’t expect any surprises from me!

Read More Always love it!

Your brain can at times be a bad place, as referred to yesterday by a picture I shared: But if you sense this/a storm is coming please gather the reins and remember you have a purpose – might be little but it’s still a purpose.

Read More Gathering the reins.

I seem to always get nighttime blues. I think it’s a mixture of stuff. Having to be back living in Linda’s, James going to our house by himself, knowing I have a similar day facing the monotonous tasks I should know but have to learn again (walking/moving my limbs/speaking clearly etc) not knowing when this […]

Read More Nighttime blues

Really needed to see this tonight.

Read More Existence

I woke up feeling like I had a task! (Which is also one of my favourite tasks!) make tonight’s dinner, so I walked into the kitchen with Linda and got stuck in!

Read More Woke up refreshed!

Rest is so important when recovering from brain injury. I tried to take a nap today!

Read More Zzz…

I woke up this morning with my parents in other room discussing this situation (nothing bad, just what my day contained and stuff I could do to include my inactive left hand) but it just highlights again the stuff I can’t do. So I just shouted ‘STOP TALKING ABOUT ME, I SHOULD RUN AWAY TOO’ […]

Read More Running away

I was at my voluntary placement with cedar’s marketing team today – which I throughly enjoy! Today was suppose to be the end of my placement but I’m so happy to say it’s only ending until after Christmas I’m coming back in February! So chuffed about this! Woohoo! Here is me hard at work today! […]

Read More Extended winter break!

I’m really freaking out and frightened. I just wish I could wave a magic wand and see were things are going to end up. It’s very frightening not knowing. I’m just so frightened. Most people don’t experience things like this. They know what ‘normal’ people can do. Like what most people can do. Walk, talk, […]

Read More I wonder if this will all work out…

http://www.youtube.com/watch https://youtu.be/EHXB3e6Kljs I’ve got the shakes so bad!! Every time I go to walk the clonus in my left leg is crazy. Clonus – Crazy shaking cause by the neurology pathways having been damaged so muscles jerk and moves in a way that’s not smooth. Too bad I stopped tap dancing at like 13 – […]

Read More Shake it! Shake it! Shake it!

Everyone knows that break ups are horrible, unpleasant and heart wrenching situations. But I think it’s a good way of describing this brain injury experience. Breaking up with myself. Everyday. Being heart broken everyday. Rebound isn’t really possible just have a long wait ahead without definite results that I’ll reach.

Read More Breaking up with myself

Came home from the rugby last night and it was like the Christmas fairy (called Linda!) was at home working away! But she was up til like 1 or 2 finishing the decorations but it lucky for me I just got to wake up to it! So before QV came I walked into the living […]

Read More Christmas has ARRIVED!

Just wanted to put this up cause I like it and incase I forget about it tomorrow so apologies for the overload!

Read More Overload…

This is an old and popular expression but I feel like it’s been really evident in this brain injury journey. It’s constant peaks of things getting better and easier, and then there’s a period you’re in a trough when there’s not really any evident movement. I feel like I’m in a peak right now but […]

Read More Peaks and troughs

At the rugby tonight. We were very good for once! Totally dry night! Minus two coffees to keep the cold at bay! And the Ulster lads put on a good show!

Read More Cold and Dry night.

I don’t know this one but today’s brain injury art for my friend from carrick. it’s called ‘north gate’ I don’t need to know it I throughly loved painting it!

Read More ‘North gate.’

You’ve still got a future to look forward to. Don’t let this nightmare you’re in make you believe the dream you want is not going to come.

Read More Be positive

The same photo as I put in a blog earlier but with my glasses on! I just wanted to share it cos I’m loving this geek chic look I’ve got going on! 🤓 #vaininjury #braininjury #samething #geekchic #toobadaboutthatdodgeeye

Read More Geek chic!

And this situation had a prime example! Might have had to suffer the ordeal of an injection to the eyeball but my silver lining was the beautiful James treated Linda and I to lunch! https://www.thehoosebistro.com

Read More Every cloud has a silver lining!

Quick report back: the injection in my eye was totally fine. Got two drops of numbing stuff before the injection. Totally fine. If you could get 100 eye injections to fix your brain I would take them but unfortunately you have to put your head down and take the long road filled with hard work.

Read More Injection joy again!

That title just sounded very dramatic when I wrote it and you should know by now I like to sound dramatic! Today is the day I am going for a botox injection to hopefully assist my left eye be better and possibly naturally lift the eyelid without surgery! But to do this they inject the […]

Read More If it’s not broke, don’t fix it!

See, I’m in love with how your soul’s a mix of chaos and art… Nevermind being in love with your soul Dermot Kennedy I’m clearly in love with this song but I am also seriously in love with this line in particular. I love the description chaos and art cause I can really relate. Chaos […]

Read More Chaos and art

Today went down to see my auntie Karen and uncle John. To make a more special occasion it was their wedding anniversary and we went to give them a very limited addition present that won’t available again (cause I hope this is the last year I’m not really walking by myself and next year I […]

Read More Today update!

Read More Time

Need to have continuous effort. Always. It’s like a vicious circle but hopefully you get results a long the way of drawing the circle. ⭕️ Patience is the hardest thing. I feel fed up and ready to throw the towel in. But luckily that’s not in my character.

Read More Vicious circle required.

Wonderful and waxing are not really words used together… but wonderful is a word I use to describe my experience with waxing at Mandara! http://www.mandarabeauty.co.uk/about.html I have been going to Fiona since I was about 12. So Fiona is not only my beautician, she is my friend. She kindly came to the RVH in Belfast […]

Read More Wonderful waxing!

Today was the yay day, as usual once week I go swimming. It was great and my wonderful swimming instructor let swim by myself again across the pool 3 times! She was staying very close beside me ’just incase’ and to assist me to get my head up to breathe but after a length or […]

Read More My yay day!!

Had the first of the lengthy list of the injections I’m getting this week! Today was the ‘nicest’ I am getting as well…if an injection can ever be described as ‘nice’. Today was just the standard flu jab! Still coming this week is what I have coming for eye muscles. Now that is something I […]

Read More Injection joy 🙄

It’s not whether you get knocked down: it’s whether you get back up. #tbi #rocktape #motivation #braininjury #keepgoing #dontstop

Read More Get back up.

Tonight in physio we have decided to try ‘rock tape’ on my shoulders to try and help to remind me about my posture as it should feel weird when your posture isn’t good to remind you to fix it!

Read More Rocking the tape!

I’m feeling really scared/worried/freaked out. I don’t think anyone can really like getting jab by a needle (especially if it’s not your choice!) But I need to man up. I’m getting the flu jab on Wednesday AND even worse I’m getting botox in my ‘lazy’ left eye to try and lift it! (Well I suppose […]

Read More Dread…

Woohoo! I got myself tickets to see my new obsession Dermot Kennedy when he comes here in June in ormeau park! I’m so excited! And even though I REALLY want to be on my feet by then we got wheelchair access tickets to take the pressure off incase I’m not able to stand for 2.5hours […]

Read More 25th June!

I really am as you can quite clearly tell from this blog post and from previous posts… Growing up – like quite a few people during this time I was a big Harry Potter fan and today I watched Harry Potter and the deathly hallows on tv. There was an absolutely lovely quote I’m going […]

Read More I am a fan of the aul quotes…

Tonight on strictly come dancing, Karim Zeroual said a great quote “anything is possible” and I gotta believe it! ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! I am gonna master walking again, I am going to go back to work again, I am going to live in my own house again, I am going to get my life back. […]

Read More I AM

Read More Remember: anything is possible

In physio today QV was explaining my knee has a habit I need to try and break. My leg likes to walk with a straight knee and that’s not what it should do. It should have a comfortable bend in it when I step and I should be not be like a stiff wooden leg […]

Read More It’s locked 🔒

Today I went to the gym again organized by BIM with a neuro physiotherapist, who lectures in physiotherapy and her university students to help them gather some practical experience! She paid me a massive compliment (or at least I take it as a compliment!) She said: ‘If you could bottle up your determination and sell […]

Read More Determination is key.

Always have serious mental anguish. When will I be able to clamber out of this deep pit of sorrow I got in by mistake and I’ll regret forever about tripping and landing here but I need to keep in my head if you keep going you will EVENTUALLY clamber out of it.

Read More Anguish

Throwback to like 2 years ago when I was an inpatient in hospital! I kind of remember the therapy dog being round weekly but can’t remember her name! I know it was a girl! I just think it’s brilliant that therapy dogs are allowed to be in situations like this! It was something I could […]

Read More Great this is available

Read More Don’t worry about the past

Couldn’t do life neatly post brain injury so life can be a little bit uneven and scribble-y but hey I’m still living and coloring in life even if it’s not in the lines! 😁 if it’s super neat it can be seen as quite boring anyway!😆

Read More New lines!

Fabulous Florrie, Resilient Rebekah, Reliable Raymond! ❤️ Was down seeing my grandparents today. They are such shining stars! I’m such a lucky girl!

Read More Fabulous and Reliable!

This is all for nothing http://www.youtube.com/watch

Read More Don’t tell me

Today might be predictable at what I’m going to write about but what I am going to say is not at all predictable!! I didn’t expect this at all myself but i am so happy!! So as usual once a week is swimming and today was the day I go for a swim! It’s good […]

Read More Predictable!

Read More Rock bottom can lead to hope.

Working 9-5!! Haha more like working 2-4 at my placement 😂 but it was still good. I really enjoy it and it is letting me experience the work environment in a non pressured way getting ready for the fore coming future deal… which will be somewhere… but I don’t know where 🤷‍♀️

Read More Working 9-5!

It’s the anniversary of sadness again… But I suppose I have to look at it as I’m closer to being back to were I was than last year…

Read More Same as last year…

Today was baby Aylas first birthday! I had the delight of attending. It was so lovely! Especially cause there were many attending I had known pre tbi but had not seen since. So for me it was lovely to see people and have a chat with them and find out if there was anything new […]

Read More 1st Birthday!

Today went general merchants cafe on the ormeau road for lunch with James sister and her partner who live in Manchester. It was so lovely to see them and catch up! Also predictable BUT I will tell ya anyway…walked out with James by my side (which is how we are going to try and do […]

Read More General merchants

Disclaimer: no shame in self promotion! 😆😂

Read More Glow!

Today I received a lovely card from family in America I have never met but it’s such a wonderful feeling to know you’re in others thoughts ❤️ I really hope I get the opportunity to meet them one day! And this wee cute card was up my street too! 😊

Read More Being in thoughts means a lot ❤️

Today I was back at https://www.equipcrossfit.com Carryduff with brain injuries matters. Loved it as usual it was so great and I was trying to include my unresponsive, disobedient left arm in exercise. It was half successful! Dad/Robert went to watch he was jealous that he wasn’t involved so… Was also great cos we were helping […]

Read More Happy place again

As I’ve said before I think mornings are the worst time for me. Waking up and having to come to terms with were your at in life and it’s not close to what you even imagined. EVERYDAY! It’s awful to know you have to live like this and NOT no how long it will go […]

Read More Mornings…

Clothes today reflected how BIM makes me feel. Yellow! Always better than blue!

Read More Don’t worry, be happy!

I’m getting very predictable, so gonna apologise. Don’t really know why though. This is just a record for me to keep but I feel like I need to apologise again for me being so predictable. I’m gonna change my name to Paula. Predictable Paula! Predictably the walk in BIM was great – walked right out […]

Read More Splendid strutting!

this came up on Instagram as a memory. Hopefully we will make new memories like this soon. This was a trip to see my family that live in Brighton. 2015.

Read More Memories…

Cutie! Larry and I in August 2016. I decided to name this series ‘Looking back, gotta smile’ I know you could look back with sympathy and dread… but I don’t want to. Gotta try and make light of things when you’re in a dark hole.

Read More Got to smile!

…is (not what you expect) it’s gonna be finished on Friday! At BIM tomorrow so it will have to wait!

Read More London Bridge is…

The way I keep repeating these kind of posts, I think it’s kind of evident I’ll never give up annoying people with this malarkey!

Read More Never give up again…

Today is my predictable weekly blog on swimming! So predictable but I’m also quite delighted I managed so well today. Walked forwards (which is the way most people walk!). Backwards. Going left. Going right. All successful and good. The swimming teacher wasn’t holding me up at all in the water I was just lightly balancing […]

Read More Predictable…

Not really it’s a placement… James is going to have to fend for himself another wee while!

Read More Bringing home the bacon..

…make lemonade. But what if you don’t like lemonade or you just want a coffee!?!

Read More When life gives you lemons…

This came up on Instagram. I follow @rebeccavocalathlete YOU WERE NOT MADE TO GIVE UP! I was definitely not, come rain or shine.

Read More You were not made to give up…

Today I was at my placement at Cedar (foundation dealing with helping brain injury etc victims and to put them back into the workplace. They gave me a placement in their internal marketing team!!) All Bizz! So today they gave me the task of making a poster for their Facebook book page! It turned out […]

Read More First proper task

I’m stuck in term time with no holidays. It makes me feel so awful that there is ‘no holidays’ coming up. I obviously know Christmas is coming up but that highlights more to me there might be a holiday coming up but there’s NEVER a break for my brain trying to repair. It just makes […]

Read More Term time

I found this today. I really need to follow it. I think that’s something I’m usually guilty for pushing to my ultimate limit. I’m a seriously guilty mofo. But I don’t think I’m gonna stop now.

Read More Doing your best

My uncle and I were discussing tbi this morning. I don’t know how we got to talking about this but it kind of makes sense when you think about tbi and what it can do to people. I’m like Snow White (🤢😝) and I got the tbi through eating the poison apple (crash as I […]

Read More The apple of my tbi

Read More Explaination of the right hug

https://www.equipcrossfit.com Today BIM went to CrossFit gym in Carryduff. As you know from reading this I was a serious gym goer pre tbi. That’s why I LOVE Physio ❤️ So today I was ecstatic to be back in my natural habitat! 😝

Read More BIM In Crossfit!

Read More Zzz 😴 zzz

I’ve discovered the obvious your brain controls EVERYTHING. I knew this before but never really understood the extent until now when I’ve experienced severe tbi. I was never very good but I had trained both my eyes as a kid to close by themselves. That means I could wink with both (I think my right […]

Read More WINK WINK, nudge nudge.

Feeling terrible this evening. This brain injury stuff is just dead slow and (nearly) stop. Just have…that’s kind of what it is I don’t know what I have or haven’t got going to keep me going at the moment.

Read More Nearly stop

I’m really hung up on not being totally on my feet yet. But today I walked the whole way in to BIM and back out when I was leaving! So ecstatic was wee me! And the walking continued when I got home! Also we also made we Christmas decorations! I love mine! My tree will […]

Read More Walking everywhere!

…I’ll put this up now

Read More Incase I forget…

But I did this for my friend in BIM who lives in Carrick. Impressed myself with this version of Carrickfergus Castle!

Read More Usual painting!

Read More Proceed with caution.

But I just found this and it made me feel better. Thought I better blog it incase I forget and that’s how number 3 was born…🙄 I WILL RISE AGAIN. (I seem to be at the crying point)

Read More On to number 3 🙄…

I think I just did that last blog to quickly after the injections. The building might have bad connotations for me but I would like to publicly put a thank you out to the staff there. And I suppose I should be grateful that this whole experience – has been a serious learning curve for […]

Read More Thank you

I had to go back to rabiu the brain injury unit today for 7 Botox injections in my left arm and leg. The injections were not that bad at all. But that building holds horrible connotations for me!

Read More A visit to nightmare land…

I probably written this before but im feeling it extra rubbish today. Probably because i have to go back to the brain injury unit today and it highlights how much of a mess this is… Looking at these photos makes me sooo sad 😢 I don’t even remember being taken to London and being proposed […]

Read More Destroyed

First day at placement volunteering with the cedar foundation (brain injury organization) that’s is in Belfast helping brain injured people back to work by setting up placement for them. Mine is in the in house communication department which I am so chuffed about! https://www.cedar-foundation.org

Read More Placement!

I know I said earlier I was gonna calm down on the blogs, but we will have to start tomorrow. But I wanted to write this cause 1. My memory is rubbish and 2. I wanted to remember how much I liked this line in the film. It made me feel comfort there is a […]

Read More 5 feet apart.

This is a possible repeat. Sorry if it is but I just love it. And also I decided this morning I blog too much and I was gonna cut down… nice start Rebekah 👍🙄

Read More Possible repeat

Today I met a lovely girl I had went to school with for a coffee date (but she got tea! I obviously got coffee cause that’s like my 2nd or 3rd love!) but it was lovely as I hadn’t seen her in 9/10 years so lots to catch up on!! Lazy Claire’s patisserie on the […]

Read More Tea for two!

you have to accept the difference and there might be some things you have to ‘let go off’ at the present time but never ‘give up’ on your dreams. You never know, if you still want to you might have the opportunity to pick them up again later. I am a thief and took that […]

Read More Giving up and letting go

Just let go. It’s a hard thing to do but the sooner you do it the sooner the ‘new you’ will be able to settle down and you will hopefully be on your way again, both literally and metaphorically!

Read More Let go

It’s rugby season and I have a season ticket again like my previous ‘life’ (though this time in the disability area, I hate the use of the word disabled to covering everything from mental illness and physically disabled. But we will stop there…) I happily went to the match with James to see the Ulster […]

Read More *chant* Ulster Ulster Ulster.

I need to listen to that. I always feel resentment towards the wheelchair but I suppose it’s just a tool I need at the moment. Hopefully not for long!!

Read More Need to follow this

Keep going. You’ll get out eventually.

Read More Keep going!

This came up on my Facebook this morning and I totally agreed!

Read More Life is short…

My sense of smell is so good now since the abi. Mum and me were talking about me being able to smell much more and she said you have an acute nose and it’s quite cute aswell! I suppose it is quite cute! But I was told in primary school it was big, and I […]

Read More A-cute

Youtube: 🎼🎤 I’m not goin’ down that easily So don’t give up on me 🎤🙃 ❤️

Read More Don’t give up on me

Read More Believe in yourself

Halloween tops that give you a giggle rather than make you jump! I’m just here for the boos! What’s up witches!

Read More Comical tops!

Not really. That title sounded very dramatic like me!! But I’m actually referring to eye makeup! Halloween themed eye makeup! Brave enough to bare the black eye shadow even with my super shakey brain injury hand! (Did a wee black line to try and look Halloween themed but I know it’s not really clear that’s […]

Read More Give myself a black eye!

This was just shared on Facebook by my old manager. How right she is.

Read More A good day…

I’m so excited about the art exhibition hopefully going up in a local library! I’ll tell share more details when it is definite but here are the pictures I’ve selected to display! I’ve also written a wee blurb to explain the reasons for my painting!

Read More Art exhibition!

Last night a neighbour and mums friend came round and I sold two of my paintings! She picked two for her wee grandsons! Wee cute cats! One is a black panther wee thing and the other is a wee snow leopard! So happy!

Read More Pleased!

The king of cute decided he wanted to join me while I had a wee after swimming rest. I definitely deserved a rest. Don’t whether he did i or not. Probably not.

Read More The king of cute.

This just highlights what brain injury did to my mind at times… This morning was talking to mum about the art exhibition I’m putting on in a library in Dundonald (more info will come for anyone’s interested to go!) but that’s why laminate came up cause I’m laminating wee signs to put up with the […]

Read More Laminate…

I just cry all the time. I thought by now I’d be walking by now. 3 years have passed since the bloody crash that ruined me, destroyed my dreams/tore apart my ideas/slashed apart my plans on life.

Read More 😭 cry cry cry 😭

Today I was in cedar – in the department I’ll be volunteering in from next week! I’m sooo excited! https://www.cedar-foundation.org

Read More Brilliant! Back to work!

I was doing @duolingo to attempt to learn Italian and this sentence came up randomly- how evident it is! I am broke

Read More Learning language!

No one gets it until they get it.

Read More Brain injury…

I was watching a interesting program with Ade Adepitan. He is a wheelchair basketball player and bbc presenter. I think it’s fantastic he is a character that makes individuals like me feel more ‘normal’ and hopefully we can help others somehow. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ade_Adepitan

Read More Ade Adepitian

Dinner was lovely 😊 and very successful 😊 I’m still not too bad in the kitchen which delights me! Full up now onto the wine 😅 (better stick to one glass though if I wanna keep the walking successful too!)

Read More Test past 3, 4..

This a major test. One that hope to pass with flying colours! Linda is heading out tonight with some friends so I’m taking the opportunity to make a romantic, home cooked meal for James! Went for one I hadn’t tried before: Jamie Oliver’s lemon chicken! Here am I in prep action!!

Read More Testing 1, 2..

Need to not walk about with super glue on my back all the time

Read More Stuck!

Tonight I was at the Ulster rugby match! As I’ve said before James and I were season tickets holders before the crash though we were in the standing area which obviously wouldn’t suit now with me only learning to walk! So we opted for the disabled area which allows me to bring the wheelchair while […]

Read More Stand up for the Ulster men!

I have written many MANY blogs about struggling but right now I don’t feel like I’m really struggling. Except for my walking was sh**e tonight and my left foot kept rolling but tomorrow is another day 🤷‍♀️ Tomorrow is another day!

Read More 100th of the same…

I hope no one thinks I’m painting a picture it’s not. I’m trying to be honest there are good times, they are bad times, there are indifferent times…IT IS STILL LIFE

Read More Sometimes Draining…

I had such a great day today. BIM was great, visited grannys was great, James came round tonight and it was great as usual and it was topped off with a wee chat with uncle Thomas. Which is what I’m going to make this blog about! It’s the little things that matter. I was being […]

Read More It’s the little things that matter.

After BIM today I called in to my grandparents it was so lovely to see them as usual but I got an extra special surprise! To make it even more special I got to see my great auntie and great uncle. It was so GREAT. They are such lovely, wonderful people. I just feel so […]

Read More Great. Great. So GREAT!

I’m gonna be weightlifting champ after this! But I’m not walking through this bloody storm. It’s too bloody rough…I’m rolling/wheeling! 🤦🏻‍♀️😛

Read More Champion!

This was shared on Facebook by my swimming instructor. I just loved it. Apply it to you! I apply everything to me and brain injury cause sadly thats all I know at the present time :☹️ But this can work for everything/everyone

Read More You are doing all you can

no one wants/deserves to be reminded of their weaker points (Coincidently Linda just reminded of one of my weaknesses! She turned and said “not another blog” *sigh*)

Read More A dreadful reminder

Went to cbt today and it was great! Walked in and out it’s getting so so much better! On the way back from cbt I talked mum into getting us both a McFlurry (galaxy with caramel sauce) cause I had obviously 🙄 burnt many calories walking in and out! I text James to tell him […]

Read More Midweek treat!

I read this on a brain injury group on Facebook and I really needed to read this tonight!… ” Hey guys ! I wanted to share that this month I’m 6 years post tbi and I turned 28 October 20th ! I wanted to give you guys a message of hope and to keep pushing […]

Read More Really needed to read this tonight…

Feel like I’m having an early taste of hell! But no wait..my auntie made me laugh with her explanation – if it was hell it would be good fun for you! You be busy partying with your friends and you’d forget to be unhappy!

Read More Early tasting…

Today I had a brilliant swimming lesson as usual. The walking in the water was brilliant, forwards, backwards, left and right! After swimming I went to the beauticians salon at her home walked from the car inside on to the beauty bed and out again. All successful! 🙂 http://www.mandarabeauty.co.uk Beautiful henna brows and lash lift!

Read More It’s a beautiful day!

I think it’s needed. Stay strong! I understand it’s hard sometimes but many people are with you. Let’s pass the strength around the more people who share it the stronger we get!

Read More Massive push on mental health

http://www.youtube.com/watch This song came up on my YouTube tonight and I thought it could really refer to my tbi mountain. https://tyoutu.be/l_EIE5f2t6M It is also just a good wee tune!

Read More Tbi mountain

Cedar foundation is to assist people with brain injury back into the workplace! Today I handed over my cv for a placement in the marketing advertising office at cedar! I’m so excited/keen to get back into the workplace. I always loved working and building work relationships with people so it will let me see if […]

Read More CV handed over!

Read More Lessons I won’t forget

I was talking to my friend from BIM, Michael Ross (he wanted proper credit!) as he was working on his brother’s truck today and yesterday, so I asked how’s it going? And he replied ‘Not even close but further on than yesterday’ And I said how that’s how I felt about this brain injury malarkey! […]

Read More Closer than yesterday…

My favourite people! ❤️

Read More Favourites!

🙂 stones are everywhere, diamonds are rare

Read More Collectables

Sorry this is getting majorly repetitive but then again I’m not even sure if anyone is reading it/making anyone read it. So then I should really be worried?! But as this is titled learning life again and that’s what I’m doing. Learning everything again. The bad stuff, the good stuff, the hard stuff and the […]

Read More Learning life again

Trying to give a laugh! I laughed anyway but then from the joker blog you know I’m an easy laugh anyway! My uncle sent me this photo in response to my blog with me in the blanket last night… ” I know who you remind me of in that photo …” 😂 probably quite accurate […]

Read More Hahaha

I’m either roasting or freezing! Tbi seriously broke my core temperature. Blanket to the rescue!

Read More Tampered temperature

Went to see the new joker film in the Omniplex Dundonald https://www.omniplex.ie/cinema/belfast-dundonald I thought it was good. And it really made sense cause we know that he laughs all the time and we discovered he had head trauma when he was younger so from my 1st hand experience that has an effect with laughing more […]

Read More New Joker!

Tonight went out for my wonderful friend Sophie (who I have mentioned a lot and is an ot) Sophie’s birthday! Which I had been invited out for! This evening we went for dinner and drinks for her birthday! It was a delightful night! We went to Pizza punks Belfast (https://pizzapunks.co.uk/belfast/) for lovely pizza and cocktails! […]

Read More Banging birthday bash!

http://www.youtube.com/watch https://youtu.be/YxvBPH4sArQ Tonight in physio I was dancing to staying alive to help with practicing getting up and staying straight! 🎼🎤

Read More Staying Alive

I just find everything funny these days!

Read More Another funny one…

When I was swimming on Tuesday as you know I gave the picture I painted for the swimming teachers granddaughter to her to pass on! Yesterday I received this picture: Saying: Layla loves it! It so lovely to know it’s gone to a place it’s appreciated. As an artist it means the world to know […]

Read More Lovely to be appreciated!

I’m in very soppy mood tonight…maybe it’s all the talk of Christmas I’ve seen today..! But anyway just messaged James to say thank you again for waiting through this. This was how I put it across and it’s the perfect description I think… I’m so lucky to have found you. The expression ‘my other half’ […]

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Today I felt a bit crap and when I told my auntie and uncle this on WhatsApp my auntie replied with this which I thought was BRILLIANT! C = charming R = resilient A = artistic P = positive So now I’m not feeling so bad that everything is crap! 💩

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I loved the expression Michelle used about me today! We were discussing about I’m getting botox injections in my ‘good’ right eye and I was saying how I was kind of scared! The marvellous Michelle saved the day! I was scared and panicking and she calmly said ‘that will be no bother to you – […]

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