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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
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Lockdown was easy
Summer holidays are hard Lockdown was easy Summer holidays are hard With a fourteen and sixteen year old Lockdown was easy All your...
stephanybrickleban
Aug 4, 20201 min read
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Control
Who needs it? Control Who wants it? Who’s got it? Who needs it? The nagging wife? The argumentative husband? The angry kids? Control,...
stephanybrickleban
Jul 23, 20201 min read
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Lockdown
"I read it in a day" they said! The book was passed over the fence by our lovely neighbours. “I read it in a day!” Time stands still as...
stephanybrickleban
Jul 11, 20201 min read
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Guilt
It’s just sitting there....... Guilt It’s just sitting there, niggling in the background. It comes and goes. It’s strong and then it’s...
stephanybrickleban
Jun 27, 20201 min read
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MASK
Is this the new normal? First time I wore one and it wasn't the greatest thing. I attended a hospital appointment and wore it then. My...
stephanybrickleban
Jun 19, 20201 min read
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Too much fear stops us in our tracks, immobilises us.
Fear can immobilise you and make you become scared of yourself or the world around you. FEAR can stop you in your tracks Unable to see...
stephanybrickleban
May 23, 20201 min read
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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
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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 16, 20201 min read
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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
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Thomas he sits on the bridge.
Unable to make pieces stick and become whole again. Thomas he sits on the bridge. His heart is broken and has no reason to carry on in...
stephanybrickleban
Apr 16, 20201 min read
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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 10, 20201 min read
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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 5, 20201 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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