A longtime family friend went into a dementia unit of a retirement home today. She woke up in her bed of fifty years this morning and now has a new bed and a new home. Her husband will be selling their house and moving into the same community. There is…
Month: November 2015
Ded Moroz Roulette
Today I played a dangerous game of Ded Moroz Roulette:Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Black Friday, Cyber Monday? Do I Christmas shop online today or wait until Monday? What to do? Is that jingle bells I hear in my head? I could really eat a turkey sandwich right now. Oh look, a…
In-vow-uable Friendships
While running errands with my husband, wishing I could drive, the phrase ‘in sickness and in health’ popped into my head. I thought about the medical challenges we recently faced, his cardiac crisis and my vision loss. Although he and I confronted those obstacles together, we were certainly not alone. Those…
“I’m Going To Need To See Your Photo ID And Frequent Shopper Card, Ma’am”
I was pushing the cart and navigating through a crowded grocery store. The aisles were narrow, there were lots of employees and vendors stocking the shelves. There were a lot of clueless shoppers who seemed to be just standing there, seemingly waiting for the products to miraculously jump from the…
Love Means Never Having To Say, Well, Anything
If you could ask your feather or fur baby one question that they would be able to answer, what would it be? I asked a friend what she would ask her dog and she said, Do you have any idea how much I love you? Our neighbor wonders if animals…
Sexiest Fibber Alive
Does every visually-challenged woman’s husbandtell her he is in People’s Sexiest Man Alive issue or is it just me?
That Was Then, This Is Now
My past haunts me in that I miss my old life before my vision loss so much that sometimes it physically aches when it comes rushing back, filling every crevice of my mind. The irony is not lost on me that these memories are in full color and crystal clear….
Fantasyland Breakfast
If yogurt tasted like ice cream,as I have expected it to every morningfor the last 25 years, I wouldn’t want to feed it to my unicorn.