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What’s Ur Msg?

Posted on July 25, 2017July 26, 2017 By Sister Rain

If you had to sum up in one sentence your message to the world what would it be? Not who you are in relation to others, not your occupation or a list of your hobbies or other favorite things. I’m talking about a statement you would make based on your…

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A Summer Senior Moment

Posted on July 24, 2017July 26, 2017 By Sister Rain

We love our farm stand. When we drive by the lot in the dead of winter I always implore my husband to stop for corn or peaches and he sternly informs me it’s not summer. He is mean. On Saturday we picked up the farm’s first corn on the cob…

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~ iPerson ~

Posted on July 22, 2017 By Sister Rain

Upon getting her first iPhone, I offered assistance to my friend as I welcomed her to Apple Nation. I should tell you right from the start I am not a paid spokeswoman for the company, but I will tell you that without my iProducts my darkened life would be less…

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Friday Flight Plan

Posted on July 21, 2017 By Sister Rain
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But If You Try Sometimes, Well, You Just Might Find . . .

Posted on July 19, 2017July 20, 2017 By Sister Rain

Last year I was having trouble with my knee — it was painful and swollen. After weeks of limping it along, I went to the doctor and learned I have significant arthritis in both my knees. After a cortisone shot and weeks of physical therapy, it has been doing really…

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Right Back At Him

Posted on July 18, 2017July 19, 2017 By Sister Rain

“Trusting somebirdy means feeling so comfortable and safe with them that you can show them all your sides.” — Sister Rain  

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Meet My Personal Trainer: Mother Nature

Posted on July 17, 2017July 18, 2017 By Sister Rain

Getting older brings a whole different kind of belly fat and that requires additional abdominal exercise. So does the ice cream and donuts but stay with me here. Getting older also brings more frequent urination. So if you’re doing crunches and the like and you have to pee, but you just want…

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Here, Anger, Anger

Posted on July 14, 2017July 17, 2017 By Sister Rain

Like a kitten with a ball of yarn Losing this plastic pull opener from a container of grocery-store macaroni salad Can keep my visually challenged self busy for hours. And by busy, I mean ENRAGED.  

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Accountabili-Me

Posted on July 13, 2017July 14, 2017 By Sister Rain

Since I stopped working, it has been very strange to not be accountable to anyone. There is no boss in my life, other than the one who thinks he is in the form of my husband, no figurative or literal time clock, no deadlines, no dress code, no annual performance review….

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It’s Not What You Know, But Who You Know

Posted on July 12, 2017July 18, 2017 By Sister Rain

Today I went for a pedicure with a good friend and after getting our toes spruced up, we stopped at a local coffee cafe for sugary treats and iced versions of coffee and tea. High humidity is here in its oppressive glory and cold beverages in an air-conditioned hot spot…

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I am a wife, bird mom and friend.
I am a curious and passionate traveler.
I am an advocate for the visually impaired.
I am legally blind.

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