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…
Prior to my vision loss, I was an avid reader. One hundred-books-a-year kind of a reader. I read on planes, in bed, on the beach and in the tub. It was nothing to read five or six books on a long weekend vacation. I have tried audiobooks. Not for me….
As if separating the yolk and the white isn’t enough, stiffening the whites is a whole other game of Old McDonald Had A Farm. After beating and beating the whites and a slight bit of frothing but no peaks, I Googled for help. I feel it is my duty to…
This blog may be going on strike until I can figure out how to insert an image into a post using the iPad. I have had to figure out so many work-arounds to be able to use the iPad for blogging that I am actually standing on my head as…
