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Bird(en Of) Poop

Posted on September 3, 2015 By Sister Rain

If only they made this stuff for humans!  You think someone is full of poop? Spray them. Your day turns into a poop show? Spray yourself. For fellow parronts, if you haven’t tried Poop-Off, fly to your favorite bird supply store or put your zygodactyls to work and order online….

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Our Future Past Today

Posted on September 2, 2015 By Sister Rain

Today, all I can think about is my career before my vision loss. I am remembering every travel delay, every early morning breakfast at the airport, every client, every city, every hotel room, every general session ballroom, every off-site dinner, every team I managed. I know I can never return…

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Keep Your Technology Close And Your Friends Closer

Posted on September 1, 2015 By Sister Rain

Two of my closest friends work at a company I also worked for for 12 years. They both have cell phones issued by the company, and cars with built-in Bluetooth. A few months ago, I began receiving this message from them sometimes when I texted them: [Auto-Reply] I’m driving right now…

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Looking Forward

Posted on August 31, 2015 By Sister Rain

Someone recently told me that you should ALWAYS have something to look forward to, even if it’s something small. I think this is really good advice. What are you looking forward to?

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Outside The Bubble

Posted on August 28, 2015 By Sister Rain

Yesterday I was out in the world with my husband, aka The Birthday Boy. We had a good time, but I had two incidents as a result of my visual impairment. First, we stopped for coffee at Wawa. For those of you not familiar with Wawa, I am sorry for…

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Pimp(le) My Arm

Posted on August 28, 2015 By Sister Rain

Could someone please tell me how a 50-year-old woman gets a pimple on the side of her arm between the elbow and the wrist? I know this is called the forearm but I am too upset about my pimple to use proper body part verbiage. I mean, I am to…

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Gotcha Day

Posted on August 27, 2015 By Sister Rain

Three years ago today.Welcome home, Piper.Your forever home.

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A Love Story – Part 8

Posted on August 26, 2015February 28, 2018 By Sister Rain

I told the woman at the rescue that we would love to adopt one of the two birds we were still  considering on a Tuesday. I made arrangements with her to come to the rescue that coming Sunday, August 26th, 2012 to bring him home. We discussed what type of…

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A Love Story – Part 7

Posted on August 21, 2015February 28, 2018 By Sister Rain

 We returned to the bird rescue the following weekend, on August 18th, 2012. My husband and I spent a lot of time thinking individually and then discussing the three conures we had met the week before. Piper, T and G were all beautiful birds but ran the personality gamut. T…

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A Call And A Prayer

Posted on August 19, 2015 By Sister Rain

I did something big today. I called my neuro-ophthalmologist’s office. I am a patient at one of the top ophthalmology hospitals in the country, and I was supposed to phone them at least six months ago. The purpose of the call was to see how the clinical trials that could…

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