As I stepped off the elevator at a hotel, I was shocked. There to greet me was a giant #2, which sounds disgusting but was actually great. For once I could easily see what floor I was on. It felt like running into an old friend. If only everything I…
Are you a light-turner-on’er? A light-leaver-on’er? Or are you a light-turner-off’er, the one who goes around the house turning out lights in empty rooms? I am something else (not the first time I have heard this); I am a light-no-turner-on’er. With my visual impairment I have very little light perception….
I realize that many of my stories involve me comparing my life now to when I had full sight. I felt it important to clarify that while I do not live in the past nor do I pine for it, the comparison does, unconsciously, happen all the time. Having lived…
As my husband and I walked to our car after an event, I heard a man behind us say to whomever he was with, “It sucks being like this but there are some good things that come from it. People are generally nicer, there’s handicap parking.” “Is the person behind…
“If you spend your life wondering how something happened, you will miss out on what is happening right now.” — Sister Rain #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #writer #writersofinstagram #blind #lowvision #visuallyimpaired #visionloss #blindness #blindnessisaspectrum #legallybiind #sightloss #vision #opticneuropathy #nownothow
I sometimes wish I could have a scheduled amount of time where I have my full sight. For example, five minutes every week. Or an hour every month. When you have an aspiration such as this it is usually not developed, it is ethereal, its only absolute characteristic being that…
I have been told by friends, in the way that only friends can deliver news such as this, that my pupils are always big like a Kewpie doll’s. With my visual impairment, it always seems like the lights are turned down low, therefore, my pupils are always dilating, trying to…
A very peculiar thing happens since I became legally blind, I see things that others don’t. That’s right, I, who can’t see much of anything, can spot a spot on the floor that someone else would not notice. The reason for this, as best as I can figure out, is…
What do you put on your hot dog? I am a mustard and relish gal. How about a hamburger? I use only ketchup. I remember when I was young relish was sold in a jar, like grape jelly, and Ketchup came in a tall glass bottle. But, of course, now…
I will preface this story by assuring you that although the only color I see is certain shades of blue, there will be no Fifty Shades of Rain ahead. Ever since eating fresh strawberries from Swanton Berry Farm (click here) in California, I have been on a fruitile search to…
