Brina Marks

'How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.' ~ Anne Frank

[Saul Marks @madbins]

Thank you to everyone who has responded so lovingly to my post last night commemorating the 6th anniversary of @BrinaM's passing. It wasn't meant as an invitation to say kind words about her but it was taken as such & I'm warmed by all the sentiments & photos shared. #Brina

[Saul Marks @madbins]

Six years ago tonight (early hours 21.2.18), we lost @BrinaM. Snatched away so suddenly, so totally unexpectedly, so young. The world is a (far) less tolerant place without her.
@smileonice @NyrsLeri @realaled @estevensmusic @jennbostic plus Caro & many others.

[Saul Marks @madbins]

Two years ago tonight, #Brina rang me saying she needed to be taken to a walk-in as she was too unwell to go herself. The rest is history.

[Saul Marks @madbins]

Clearing out pretty much the last of #Brina's house and found this in the cupboard under the stairs. Love that she makes me laugh from beyond the grave! #likeadodo

[Saul Marks @madbins]

The #LondonMarathon was an event which Mutti and #Brina used to watch together, snuggled into one armchair. It was always a thing in our household. "Rosa Mota, motoring along" (in Brendan Foster's accent). Brina finally ran it herself in 2011, 10 years after Mutti's death.

[Saul Marks @madbins]

The toy she & I are holding was called Poppoids. As an adult, I was trying to remember their name & asked her. I was trying "Poppy?...Doddy...Pod?...Dodd?...Poddy?..." etc, finally concluding with "Poddy Doddoids!" & she was nearly wetting herself laughing! Priceless! #Brina

[Saul Marks @madbins]

Today (1 Mar) would have been #Brina's 32nd birthday. Her are some photos taken exactly 30 years ago, on her 2nd birthday (01.03.1989)!

[Saul Marks @madbins]

A year ago tonight, at 7.45pm, #Brina rang me as I was getting ready to go to football. Said she felt awful and had a headache she couldn't shift. Asked me to take her to a walk-in. The rest is history.

[Saul Marks @madbins]

Excellent turnout for #Brina's stonesetting this afternoon. The weather was beautiful & it was lovely to see so many friends & family, many coming the length of the country. Video was taken & will be uploaded somewhere at some point. Here's the eulogy I gave, & the stone itself.

[Saul Marks @madbins]

#Brina's first #yahrzeit (anniversary of death by the Hebrew calendar). May she dwell in the Lord's house for many long years.

[Brina Marks @BrinaM]

#Brina's stonesetting (tombstone consecration & unveiling) will be held on Sunday 17 February at 2.00pm. The ceremony is similar to the funeral, with brief prayers, a speech from me and then a visit to the graveside. All welcome. Please DM me (@madbins) for details if necessary.

[Saul Marks @madbins]

It might be 1.30am but the time has come. #Brina and I watched Box of Delights together every year, around the time the schools break up. It was a thing just she and I shared and it was very dear to us both. @BoxOfDelights84

[Saul Marks @madbins]

If you're watching the #LondonMarathon this morning, think of @BrinaM. It was a big thing in our household & she watched it with Mum every year. Then she ran it herself in 2011. She'd've been glued to it today, tweeting regularly. Moments like this, it's hard without her. #Brina

[Saul Marks @madbins]

I'm indescribably proud to announce that both #Brina's kidneys have been successfully transplanted into other patients: a lady in her 50s who had been on the waiting list 12 yrs and another in her 40s who had been waiting 3 yrs. We are thrilled!! @NHSBT

[Saul Marks @madbins]

Today (Thurs), #Brina should have turned 31. Instead, we started the process of clearing her house. It's all very strange and surreal. And wrong.

Here she is aged just 16 hrs & 40 mins. We kept that sign which was stuck to her cot; I saw it today.

[Brina Marks @BrinaM]

It is with great sorrow that I must inform all who do not already know that Brina died on 22 February, having contracted bacterial meningitis. We have recently gained access to her social media accounts and will read notifications in due course.
Signed: @madbins (Brina's brother)

[Brina Marks @BrinaM]

Really wish I could stay up to watch @PennyCoomes and @N_Buckland skate at #PyeongChang2018 #WinterOlympics tonight but alas, not being 100% and having to get up super early for work in the morning means I need to call it a day. Skate well both of you! #WeAreTheGreat #TeamGB

[Brina Marks @BrinaM]

Well that was a fun @dancingonice show tonight. Finally feels like it’s settling back into its old self at last. #DancingOnIce

[Brina Marks @BrinaM]

@torvillanddean Hurrah for you both skating on the @dancingonice final. Can’t wait to see whatever magic you’ve created for us :) #stillthebest

[Brina Marks @BrinaM]

Love reading the little things like this. @BBCArchive. https://t.co/v3NyzlftYs

[Second World War tweets from 1941 @RealTimeWWII]

After complaints from bored British troops on Western front, the BBC- for the 1st time in its history- today plays music on a Sunday.