“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…
There was a joke with my in-laws when they were still with us that my husband not be allowed to have any power tools for fear of doing harm to himself while using them. Ok, maybe it wasn’t a joke. Mister Rain has accrued quite a few tools over the…
I try to keep up with things the kids are dong and saying. I didn’t think I was the only one. The other day my husband was poo-pooing something I had done and I replied with an expression I thought was part of the general lexicon, “Don’t yuck my yum!”…
Very good friends of mine, a married couple, attended a wedding one afternoon, a funeral the following morning. I am sure that this happens more often than we think but when my friend told me that she and her husband were going to be present at these back-to-back events I…
