After four years away, six months of brand discussions,web design and development, Sister Rain is back! New logo. New look. New content. Monday we begin again! #SisterRain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter
Dashing Through The Commercials
Who is more over it? We who have already been subjected to them for weeks or the actors who had to make them in July? We. The actors got paid.
The Seven Year Sitch
“I am thankful that I didn’t wake up blind this morning as I did on November 28, 2012. Life goes on and isn’t that the greatest blessing of them all?” — Sister Rain
Larger Than Life . . . And Death
I recently wrote about my mom-in-law’s best friend, “She Left Us Her Best”. And now it’s time to tell you about my dad-in-law’s counterpart. David was my dad-in-law’s best friend for 40 years. He was the first call my husband made when his dad died during an outpatient heart procedure….
The Excited Bird
I aspire to greet every day as Piper does: Excited and raring to go. Photo credit: Auntie D
When Only The F Word Will Do
As we pulled into the Philadelphia parking garage for some testing at Wills Eye Hospital, the old familiar anxiousness surged through ever fiber of my being. There was no reason for it, the feeling, there would be no results, scary or otherwise, we were on a fact-finding mission. Yet I…
White Wednesday
“The best prices on kitchen products can be found in the back of your cabinets. In box, never used, mint condition. Possibly antique or “vintage”. Free. I like to think of it as ‘mebay’”.
The 33-Year-Old Bookmark
Growing up I always spent a week in the summer at my Nana’s in Philadelphia and in 1976 I stayed a few extra weeks to join in the city’s celebration of our nation’s bicentennial. One of the many places we visited was the Franklin Institute, a science museum named after Benjamin…
I Must Have Been Moving At The Speed Of Light
“Life can slow us down when it thinks we’re moving too fast, forcing us to see things differently. Notice I said slow not stop.” —- Sister Rain
I’ll Follow Me Everywhere
We all have had to put the past behind us in order to move on with a new normal. Seven years since my vision loss, I have realized that even when we stop looking back and focus on the future, what came before is still with us. The distance between then and…