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Watch Your Step
Hopefully our readers won’t find this post too petty or boring. Not a good start, I know. But sometimes it’s more than just the not driving that really gets to me. RP also interferes with my love of...
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VIP Garage Sale
So if you’re honored enough to be a VIP (visually-impaired person), you may have noticed that there are certain tasks and situations that you don’t anticipate being difficult visually but end up being...
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Laughing at Ourselves
When we take ourselves too seriously, we can get into some serious mental drama. I think pride is something that we all struggle with to a certain degree, but for anyone with any kind of impairment,...
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Flying Balls & Other Memories
I am afraid of flying balls. (please take a moment to snicker to yourself if necessary). Ahem, for a person with limited peripheral vision flying objects of any sort can be dangerous. But it seems...
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The Secret Ingredient
The FFB featured an article and video on safety in the kitchen last week that I found interesting, helpful, and somewhat funny. I hadn’t really given a lot of thought to safety in the kitchen from an...
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Good Catch
I recently saw a completely true and hilarious phrase about RP on facebook (Thanks to Roberta on the “Usher Me In” FB page, who saw it on another RP page!) It said that RP is “being able to see a...
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First to the Bus Stop
So last week my daughter was the first one to the bus stop. I knew we were running ahead of schedule (a rare novelty), but I still wondered if maybe school had been cancelled (or was it Saturday?) as...
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Spooky Red Eyes
As the days get shorter and Halloween creeps up, I’m reminded of how much I despise night blindness. I shared some stories about night blindness in an earlier post, When Darkness Comes. But today I’m...
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Sometimes I Like Cold Weather
I once tried to use the word “coldth” in a Creative Writing class in high school. My teacher crossed it out in large, red letters and wrote “Not a word!”, which annoyed me because, duh, I know it’s...
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Fringe Benefits of Blindness
According to many surveys, going blind is something people fear most, right behind cancer. I’ve written plenty of posts related to fear and grief and challenges. But I’ve seldom touched on all the...
View ArticlePeripheral Hearing
My aunt Maureen has a quality that I absolutely envy. Actually, the word envy might not be quite accurate. I would probably agree to give up a few small body parts in exchange for this ability…..not...
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White Cane in Hand (a parody of Green Eggs and Ham)
The following is a parody of my favorite Dr. Seuss book, describing my hesitancy to use my cane, before trying it but then my relieved delight when I realize it’s actually pretty helpful to have...
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The Goat Birds
Some time has passed since Joy and I shared our embarrassing moments in which we’ve learned to laugh at ourselves. But something happened recently that really forced me to laugh at myself, after I was...
View ArticleHappy White Cane Day!
In honor of White Cane Day I revised “White Cane in Hand,” written here as a poem. It’s actually in the beginning stages of being made into a children’s book with illustrations and all! For my...
View ArticleYou Might Have Low Vision IF…(guest post by Lori Linna)
BAM! If there’s one thing Joy and I LOVE to do, it’s LAUGH. Sometimes we need reminders not to take ourselves too seriously, and that’s why we love this post by Lori Linna! Wow, what an honor it is...
View ArticleThank You Notes
If there’s one thing our mom taught us, it’s to write thank you notes. When we were kids, we absolutely could NOT play with our new toys until those thank you notes were sealed and dropped into the...
View ArticleFriendship & Yet Another Airport Tale
My friends have always played an important part in my journey through life. In college, time with girlfriends often involved dressing up in black pants paired with a flirty top to explore Seattle’s...
View ArticleMore Thank You Notes
There’s something deeply satisfying about completing a stack of thank you notes. So I can’t help but continue to write more. Hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them!...
View ArticleTraveling Thank You Notes
June was a month filled with travel for me. As I maneuvered my way around bustling airports and unfamiliar hotels, my marshmallow-tipped white cane leading the way, I encountered the joys and...
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The Invention of Benjamina: A True Story of How I Outwit the Cable Company
photo description: A woman’s face (Joy!) is morphed with a man’s beard and hairline (Ben!). If you cannot visually see this photo, consider yourself fortunate, as it is fairly disturbing! I was...
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