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Prepping For The Moment
I hate to pack. HATE it. Always have, even when travel was as routine to me as driving a half hour to my office every day. I used to have Excel spreadsheets for packing, both personal and business. Now I have the list on my Apple devices. You would think…
Shotgun Rider
It is not easy to always be a passenger, even when running local errands with my husband or going to lunch with a friend. I LOVED to drive before my vision loss so there’s that, plus the fact that a huge portion of independence comes from being able to operate…
A Huge Scoop Of Service And Sacrifice
At The Ice Cream Shoppe in Highland Falls, New York, 1.2 miles from the United States Military Academy West Point, we waited for our turn to place our order. My husband called me over to some shelving near the window, then read me the sign that you see at the…
Helping Mom
Sometimes when I am cleaning the grate that goes in the bottom of Piper’s mansion, he likes to “help”, climbing up its rows to hang out for a bit. It slows me down but how can I feel that way with this cuteness? There are many times when Piper just…
Mainely Quiet Mornings
At 7:12 am on the first morning of vacation, my husband and I heard the loud sound of machinery being operated close by. He investigated, reporting that there were landscapers mowing and weed wacking the yard of our rental home. I was enjoying my coffee and a mimosa on the…
Row, Row, Row Your Psyche
I am a woman of a certain age so sleep is no longer my friend. Correction, I love sleep, always have, but it is now unrequited. I often wake up at 4 or 5 am, after an hour fully alert, I fall back only to end up dreaming some craziness…
Hoops, Where It Is?
In the never-ending irony that is my life, and possibly yours, since losing my sight even the most routine functions require me to jump through hoops. Hoops that I cannot see. #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #blindnessisaspectrum #opticneuropathy #visuallyimpaired #blind #hoopswhereitis
And Then I Had An Inkling
Whenever I take handwritten notes, instead of using my phone or iPad, I use a Sharpie, writing very large so that I can see it later. I always end up with black Sharpie ink all over my hands. I joke that I feel like a child with finger paint under my…