Category: Vision

It has been difficult to come to terms with all the things I can no longer see. I was going to list a few of them here but once I would get started, it might not end. Nothing looks the same to me as it did when I had my…

I quickly learned how to work the TV remote by feel when I lost my sight. I never look at it, I would only be able to see the buttons if I brought it very close to my face and even then, the printing on the device is too small…

“Seeing is overrated. It is the things that we cannot see that deserve our attention.” — Sister Rain   #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #writer #writersofinstagram #blind #lowvision #visuallyimpaired #visionloss #blindness #blindnessisaspectrum #legallybiind #sightloss #vision #opticneuropathy #seeingisoverrated

There are many physical things that we do all day long that are memory-based. One that happens all the time to me is that when I am handed a menu in a restaurant, I accept it, usually opening it as if I can still see it, which I can’t. I…

Everyone says they can’t tell that I am legally blind. I am able to track your eyes fairly well if we’re speaking. There is, however, something that several close friends have noticed that is different about me from before I lost my sight: I blink more frequently. I never realized…

One of the things someone with a significant visual impairment must adapt to is the routine activity of putting toothpaste on a toothbrush. I have no depth perception and holding the brush and tube close to my eyes doesn’t help. Some mornings, if I am feeling lucky, I will attempt…

At Sea-Tac International Airport for my return flight home after a idyllic week in the Pacific Northwest, I was told to surrender my white mobility cane at the security checkpoint. I have it on good authority that I am permitted to keep it with me so I always push back,…

There is a great irony in the fact that I cannot see very well yet sometimes I see things that no one else does. The latest optic-neuropathy illusion occurred in my home as I came down the steps early one morning. We keep a night light on for Piper and…

My husband does not hover since my vision loss, he knows that I will ask for help when I need it. That said, he is very considerate of my visual impairment, always thinking ahead to make travel and events as easy as possible for me. While in Washington state, we…

I am not nor ever have been a girlie girl. But there was a time early in my career when I wore dresses, heels and pantyhose to work everyday. The thing I find most ironic is that in those days, in my 20s, I plastered my face with liquid foundation…