You never know when something new will catch Piper’s attention. This time it was the groceries that needed to go upstairs after just being brought home from the store. Nobody puts Piper in a corner, but as long as it is safe I will put him anywhere else he wants…
While out to dinner during a long weekend trip, my husband and I sat at a table overlooking the attached enclosed patio. The floor to ceiling windows separated us from another diner seated at a table out there. Mister Rain told me that he had a dog. A woman joined…
I think it is a great milestone in your life when you know yourself. Its arrival time varies among us, prompted often by life’s events instead of age. I think I am at a good place with me, in so far as I know my flaws and my potholes. As…
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…
From the time that I was a young girl until my thirties, my mom and I would frequently take the train from the suburbs into downtown Philadelphia for shopping. She was born and raised in the city, living there until my father’s company built a new facility “in the country”…
They say that after awhile couples often look like each other. Piper and his girlfriend, the Dirt Devil hand vacuum, (“Love Is Love”) have been together for twelve years. They are practically twins! #sisterrain #birdmom #adoptdontshop #parrotsofinstagram #conure #ahelpingwingparrotrescue #piper #dirtdevil #twopipersinapod
It has become less important, but I always imagined that I would visit all 50 states before I die. You would think as the clock continues to tick this desire would become stronger, but for me, it has diminished. It would still be a great accomplishment but as I continue…
I am a Tammy Texter. I stand in my truth. Texting is my method of communication with the people in my life. I don’t keep the ringer on on my phone, no one is calling me and vice versa. If I am expecting an voice call it is usually of…
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 package remained under the Christmas tree. My husband handed it to me, I removed the wrapping paper, adding to the pile scattered between us on the floor. Two pieces of tape held the previously cut flaps closed, I easily pulled them open. Immediately I saw the only color that…
