Oprah once said that pooping is the great equalizer. “Everybody poops”, she proclaimed. I don’t agree with everything that comes out of Oprah’s mouth, but I do think she nailed it in regard to what emerges from our other end. I have told myself this when I’ve felt intimidated by someone which, thankfully,…
I began wearing glasses for nearsightedness in junior high and progressed to contacts in my early 20s. Since my vision loss, I don’t use any type of lenses because there is no prescription that will help me see better. I do wear special non-prescription blue-tinted sunglasses when out in the sun….
My mom-in-law’s birthday is this month and over the weekend I mentioned to my husband that I have a gift idea for the occasion. We got sidetracked and never finished the conversation. Then yesterday, the following text discussion occurred: My husband: So what was your idea for Mom? Me: I don’t…
If anyone is entitled to the morning after, it’s this guy: Hope you celebrated this amazing country’s birthday as hard as he did.
Preparing for a new cell phone has always been a big deal for me. Traumatic even. I rely on my phone in a way that belies my age; I would pit my usage numbers up against a teenager’s any day. Since my vision loss, any new element in my life…
Back in E day . . . my husband and I had Philadelphia Flyers’ season tickets. Back in E day . . . we would make the two-plus hour round trip to the arena a couple times each week to attend games, arriving home after midnight. Back in E day ….
Especially on a Monday, my daily ride on my exercise bike feels like a representation of my life in general: working hard, pedaling through the pain and fatigue, sweating, trying to think about ANYTHING except what is happening, wishing I was somewhere else, pushing myself to beat the competition that…
My husband is very supportive of me. He was when I travelled and worked long hours for my career and has been by my side from the moment I told him I couldn’t see out of my right eye. But today I saw his most demonstrative encouragement, when he stood up…
