The Twinkling of an Eye

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Sue Brown. The Twinkling of an Eye

FOREWORD

AUTHOR’S NOTE

PROLOGUE

THE BOISTEROUS BOY IN THE CRYSTAL BALL

BUT THIS BULLY IS A GOOD CHILD

THE HAUNTING: IMPOSSIBLE LITTLE SPECTRES

THE GRIN THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS

U-BOAT RISING

THE GATE OF OUR YEAR: THE FIRST SCANS

AULD LANG SYNE: HUGS IN SCRUBS

FAMOUS CRAIG BROWN TAKES CENTRE STAGE

LOVE & MARRIAGE & TUMOURS

TITANIUM CRANIUM WP

THEY ALSO MENTIONED ‘MALIGNANT TENDENCIES’

WHAT’S LARGER THAN A BRAIN TUMOUR?

THE TURBANATOR’S CHARACTER TEST

MR JACK RUSSELL’S COMFORT

SPACE MOUNTAIN MISSION INTO THE ABYSS

COCKROACH BOMBS AND RETROSPECTOSCOPES

AND THE MARIMBA BAND PLAYS ON

‘RADIATION STARTS’ – SIGNED, CRAIG J. BROWN

‘I’D CATCH A GRENADE FOR YA’

TWO OPS + SIX WEEKS = ONE HERO

BETTY’S BAY: FLIGHT FROM THE FURY

TELL THE WORLD I’M COMING HOME

WHEN EVEN THE RADIOLOGIST CRIES

HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND

MY NAME IS LEGION

ONE-IN-A-BILLION, SICK KIND OF FAME

THE WOUNDED LIONESS

DANCING ON THE EDGE OF PRAYER

WHAT A MOTHER CAN’T ANSWER

THE PIED PIPER OF HOSPICE

GETTING ‘THE MICKEY’

WARNING: FEW PEOPLE MANAGE THIS

CRAIG GOES HOME

GOD’S FAVOURITE STICK-FIGURE FAMILIES

NEW TEENAGER: HERE COMES TROUBLE!

BRIEFLY. DEEPLY. ETERNALLY: THE LAST, QUIET HOUR

A VALEDICTION FOR THE LITTLE PRINCE

SOCIETY’S SUDDEN SOLACE

MY OTHER, NOT ONLY, CHILD

RAWNESS AND RHAPSODY

THE PEACE BEHIND THE VEIL

POSTSCRIPT

SISTER SUTHERLAND ON TRANSFORMING GRIEF

MEG’S TRIBUTE

PHOTO SECTION

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To Craig’s furious, ‘Meggy, I am going to cut you up and put you in a pie!’ she replied kindly: ‘Oh Craigy, you’ve just been reading too much Beatrix Potter!’

At the other end of his emotional spectrum was a disarming smile, mischievous twinkle in his eye and a no-holds-barred zest for friends and life. He ran to me at the preschool fete to press his gift of a lavender bag, purchased with ten precious tokens, hastily into my hand – leaving me aching as I stood in the sun and watched the back of his little blond head rushing off towards his friends.

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