You would think that once you wake up blind, everything else would be gravy. But what I find is that now I stress when I have something coming up on the calendar, and this never happened before the loss. These things that I’m referring to are fun, good things and…
When my Nana passed away in 1996, at the age of 95, I gladly brought her china and china cabinet home with me. Today when my two friends came over for lunch, I decided to set the table with Nana’s dishes. There was no Christmas tree in sight, no Easter…
As a result of my vision loss, I am unable to drive. I live in the suburbs, so public transportation is not an option. My husband isn’t always able to leave work to drive me, so I have to ask my friends. They all continually offer to be my chaufferettes,…
Since Tuesday, I have spent time with four of my six closest friends, and will see the remaining two next week. My vision loss resulted in many other losses, but my friends are definitely the bright spots in this new, darker life I am now navigating through. My relationships with…
When visually challenged, and even fully-sighted, it is important to check where the nozzle is on an aerosol can before pressing down to spray. I speak from experience. There have been several HSI (Hair Spray Incidents) and last night I had my first cooking spray shower. At least, so far,…
Last night, I dreamt that I could drive. Even though this meant that my vision had been restored, the focus of the dream was my ability to get in my car and go wherever the heck I wanted to. I felt the weight of my keys in my hand and…
When you start your day with breakfast with a great friend, the day has nowhere to go but down.
My husband and I have no human children; we have feathered kids. So it is with much irony that we find ourselves getting up at the crack of dawn on weekends for a travel tournament, riding around with two camp chairs in the trunk and a bag packed with Chapstick…
