I have a friend who is blind and her name is the same as our next door neighbor. For the first few years after meeting the woman with the visual impairment, I called her Blind Denise to differentiate her from Neighbor Denise, when speaking of her to friends and family….
Sitting under the hair dryer at the salon, giving my highlights their five-minute boost before the foils were removed and my hair was washed, I couldn’t hear the music that was playing in the large room nor the stylists and other customers talking. This must be what it is like…
Do you Iove Kohl’s? There was a time when I would frequently go to one of two nearby stores to shop, waiting for a coupon to arrive in the mail before I went. If my mother-in-law received 30% off and I only got 20%, she would give me the code…
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,…
