Category: Life

  Do you know what the item in the picture above the title of this story is? I pride myself on knowing where everything is in my house and this particular trait (or quirk?) has served me well since my vision loss. I can find it not because I can…

Do you remember when soap operas 1) existed and 2) were called “stories”? My mom had quite a few “stories” she watched every afternoon. When I was in my 20s I watched As The World Turns, one of mom’s favorites, every night, recording it on my VCR (oy!) to watch…

Needing a headshot for a few freelance articles I was writing, I looked for a place in our house with a blank wall that could be used as a backdrop. My husband was helping me, moving different height chairs and stools into our home office to position me properly against…

“You know you are with a great friend when you never run out of things to say. And yet you sit silently anyway.” —- Sister Rain   #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #writer #writersofinstagram #humaninterest #life #lifeisgood #lifestories #friendship #thefriendshiptoremainsilent

I met my husband on a blind date 22 years before I became blind. If he was not right for me, I could have never seen him again. I had to find a new dentist when mine retired. If I didn’t like the new one I chose, I could move…

At the bird store we go to for Piper’s food and toys in Burlington, New Jersey, Bird Paradise, those of us with feathered friends find a sense of community in a world that is slanted towards cats and dogs. Waiting for my husband to look around, I noticed a woman…

After several years of wearing the same sneakers, it was time for a new pair. Going to a local running company where I get all my sneaks, I worked with a woman there to find the right fit and functionality for me. I have bad knees and feet issues, and…

Although we have a wall calendar in the kitchen, that is more for my husband than me. I cannot see it plus I keep pretty much my every move on my iPhone anyway. He does not, relying on wifendar and the monthly pages hanging in our kitchen. I love always…

As I write this story I realize that this is the third tale I have posted about soap. I don’t know what that means but it seemed worth mentioning. For as long as I can remember my husband and I have used Lever soap. Recently I have felt that it…

Eleven months after my vision loss my husband went into congestive heart failure, the cause of which was an attack on his heart by an unknown virus. I suppose that quantifying terror is similar to pregnancy – you either are or you aren’t – but our terror was exacerbated by…