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Indeed Things Have Changed

Posted on October 29, 2015 By Sister Rain

Living my new normal, watching TV by sitting close, able to see just enough that I can follow along, everything is in black and white, fast forwarding through a commercial via TiVo, and there it is: A commercial for a website I used to check every single day for job opportunities…

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Maybe She Ain’t Such A Bitch

Posted on October 28, 2015 By Sister Rain

This morning I heard someone who believes wholeheartedly in Karma say that if something is taken away, as it is for everyone in life, at some point or throughout, something replaces it. I was stopped in my tracks by the philosophy and immediately thought about the loss of my mom and the…

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WARNING! Sexist Observation Ahead

Posted on October 27, 2015 By Sister Rain

If this woman can’t stay married, what hope do the rest of us have??? Obviously I don’t know the woman but COME ON!!!

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Your Nearest Emergency Exit May Be The Moonroof

Posted on October 26, 2015 By Sister Rain

My husband and I got into our car after having breakfast out, and I handed him the ever-present anti-bacterial hand sanitizer. He used it and passed it to me. As I rubbed my hands together, I enjoyed the smell of apples in the car, a perfect compliment to the blue…

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For It’s One, Two, Last Nerve You’re Out

Posted on October 24, 2015 By Sister Rain

I heard the following today at the snack stand at Little League; a father was talking to his son: “Honestly, you’re on my last nerve. And that’ is not a place you want to be.” I wanted to buy him some peanuts and a big chill pill . . .

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Salad And A Movie

Posted on October 22, 2015 By Sister Rain

My friend texted me that she had just come across a movie on TV with Derek Hough from Dancing With The Stars. We both watch Dancing, but I feel the need to report that we both watch sports, too. I replied to her that I had just flipped through the channels…

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Auto In-correct

Posted on October 21, 2015 By Sister Rain

This morning I received this text from my friend: “Today Islam-day” I think we have all become good auto-correct decipherers, but this one had me completely perplexed. I replied, asking her what she meant. She came back with: “What I meant is today is HOMEWORK day!!!” I may have finally…

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I May Knead To Explain

Posted on October 20, 2015 By Sister Rain

My friend and I went for massages at a spa neither of us had been to before. We were given a form to fill out, providing them with a very brief medical history. Because of my vision limitations, my spa sister was going to fill my form out for me….

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Old Wife’s Hypothesis

Posted on October 19, 2015 By Sister Rain

My husband and I are opposites in every way. We don’t even hang our bath towels up the same way. I have never been diagnosed, but I do have some OCD tendencies. And although I don’t rehang his towel, every day I adjust it on the bar so it dries…

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Cock-A-Doodle-Ding-A-Ling

Posted on October 18, 2015 By Sister Rain

The last two mornings I have been woken up by my bird (to be clear – not my husband’s bird) by bell ringing coming through the baby monitor. Yes, I said baby monitor. Our last bird was prone to night frights and . . . Crazy. Bird. People. Guilty as…

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I am a wife, bird mom and friend.
I am a curious and passionate traveler.
I am an advocate for the visually impaired.
I am legally blind.

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