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Equinox
Yesterday we had equal light and dark in duration, equinox But you know what it’s hard to see the light when the darkness seems so dark...
stephanybrickleban
Sep 232 min read
#HBD
On a shared train journey down to London, in February, a friend suggested the Human Being Diet #HBD, a very brief conversation! “You eat...
stephanybrickleban
Jul 22, 20246 min read
I meant it to be this way
I meant it to be this way, a home full of love and comfort. A home that was theirs and where they could own their space within it. That...
stephanybrickleban
Jun 28, 20242 min read
No GCSE's or A 'Levels
You can make your mark on the world in another way. Today my daughter, like so many others in the UK, should have sat her final GCSE...
stephanybrickleban
Jun 16, 20202 min read
Perfect Joy.
Today a two year old gave me some joy back, delightful joy. Today I looked after my two year old niece and what a delight. 10am to 5pm,...
stephanybrickleban
Jun 5, 20201 min read
SILENCE
Beautiful silence, I thank you. SILENCE How beautiful you are. How tranquil and still you become. Bringing calm to an upside down world....
stephanybrickleban
May 19, 20201 min read
Saturday
I do miss ‘normal’ life but I also don’t want ‘normal’ life to resume again, once lockdown is fully over. Today is Saturday. We still...
stephanybrickleban
May 15, 20201 min read
God I feel shit and depressed.
I want lockdown to end. It’s like a constant Jekyll and Hyde thing going on: good and evil. I know why and I respect that but then I...
stephanybrickleban
May 3, 20202 min read
Physical Contact
Do we even need a Bank Holiday? Good Friday? Good? A Bank Holiday? What does that even mean in 2020? Do we even need a Bank Holiday? No....
stephanybrickleban
Apr 9, 20201 min read
What?
I thrive on love, happiness and been with people who I love and they love me. Today I’ve had the realisation that when my new...
stephanybrickleban
Apr 4, 20201 min read
My life in chapters!
is a chapter and will come to an end! My life in chapters! What did Shakespeare say “All the worlds a stage, and all the men and women...
stephanybrickleban
Mar 28, 20201 min read
NHS
Clap for the NHS 8pm NHS - clap for the NHS. Go outside and clap for the NHS. Of course I will and I did but I didn’t think anyone else...
stephanybrickleban
Mar 26, 20201 min read
Hope
I know it well! HOPE, I know it well. I’ve had to really understand what it means. In fact four members of my family have a tattoo:...
stephanybrickleban
Mar 21, 20201 min read
Year 11
It's not fair. Tomorrow my beautiful, clever, funny, singer-songwriter daughter will finish Year 11. It wasn't supposed to be this way....
stephanybrickleban
Mar 19, 20201 min read
A new month, a new chapter.
I have changed and it’s now me against my own willpower from now on ❤️ My beautiful daughter Maddie came home from her Saturday job...
stephanybrickleban
Mar 1, 20201 min read
Mind Explosions
Five minute daily blog, pen to paper and typed up here for your enjoyment!1/2 minute read - -read in the waiting room, waiting for a bus, on the loo!
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