Category: Stories and Anecdotes
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Click Plunk plunk Squeak squeak squeak Clump clump clump clump I’m re-learning the world around me, one sound at a time. I didn’t realize how much my hearing had declined over the years until my new prescription hearing aids re-awakened my wonder at the forgotten nuances of sound. The click of the electric baseboard heater…
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More than twenty-five years of parenting and caregiving for two medically fragile daughters stripped away any illusion of certainty. Plans became provisional. Assumptions dissolved. What emerged in their place was a kind of adaptable resilience, paired with an absurdist, sometimes irreverent sense of humor shaped in part by laughter and gratitude. Those practices helped me…
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How a Go-Bag Can Reduce the Overwhelming Unknown that is The Emergency Room and Hospital A “go bag” doesn’t have to be complicated, and there isn’t just one right version. Some people keep one for evacuations, power outages, or travel. Here, I’m talking specifically about a hospital or emergency room go bag — something you…
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Energy and Vision Changes I had been blind for about a year when I had the opportunity to talk with an adjustment to sight loss counselor, who is blind herself. I will never forget how impactful one of the first things she told me was; “it takes a lot more energy to do everything when you’re…