On a frigid January night, my husband and I walked to our car after visiting a friend. I looked up at the 5:30 p.m. east coast sky and inquired if the dot I thought I saw was the moon. Mister Rain said that it was, followed by a request for…
The 20/20 On My 20/400
I am often asked what can I see? In this post, I will do my best to describe it to you. The first thing I will say is that prior to my vision loss, from the age of 14, I wore glasses for mild nearsightedness, then eventually contact lenses. To…
Getting The Band Back Together
I have a saying amongst my friends, that sometimes you live a lifetime in one day. It’s usually not some big event but rather the minutiae of a 24-hour cycle that starts out as kindling and is a full-blown pep rally bonfire, minus the marching band, by the time your…
Introducing . . .
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’”.