Living

A few years ago as I approached the entrance of our community with my “precious cargo” (my young granddaughter), she told me this is “Grammy’s World.” I have never forgotten...

I don’t know about you, but there are some things that I am so tired of carrying around with me. Things I want to be done with for good. Things...

It was March of 2019 that I was diagnosed with myopic macular degeneration (MMD). Just in my right eye. The pathway of MMD begins with severe myopic eyesight. I have...

A person wearing sunglasses and using a white cane. If we are honest with ourselves, that is the first image of someone with vision loss that would have come to...

I am throwing myself a pity party. Do you want to come? I need people to feel sorry for me. I can feel sorry for you, too, if you want...

Ask yourself a few questions... Are you too busy? Is your calendar packed? Do you incorporate “non-doing” daily into your schedule? Have you tried guided meditations? How about deep breathing?...

Spooky season has arrived! October has always been my favorite month of the year. The cooler weather! The sound of rustling leaves! The smell of bonfires! The Halloween decorations! The...

I half-expected (well, three-quarters expected if there is such a thing) to eventually develop macular degeneration (AMD). My mother had the dry form and my father had the wet form...

One of the hardest aspects of macular degeneration to manage is when the condition progresses. Changes and adjustments to everyday tasks need to be made, but they can feel scary...

Yesterday as I was sitting in the waiting room at my retina specialist’s office, anxiously awaiting my turn for Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) pictures, I kept thinking, hoping that this...

I have talked about my somewhat newfound obsession with art often. The opportunity to create new art appeared in my life after my husband and I retired over 8 years...

I have had dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) for 7 years now. As it has progressed to the intermediate stage, I am finding it more difficult to cook, watch television...

In life, there are moments that change things forever. At any time, something can happen that makes you realize that nothing will ever be the same. These moments divide time...

There are many places I’ve wanted to visit, sites I’ve wanted to see, and things I had planned for my retirement. Some I have managed to do, others were put...

Yes, disease fatigue. I think that I just made up a new condition. Just did a search and it wasn’t there. Chronic fatigue syndrome? Of course, and a bunch of...

After being diagnosed with macular degeneration in 2021, Claire made the hard but necessary decision to get a second opinion and is very grateful today that she did. Claire is...

Our summer days are so much different now than when we were a busy household of 6, raising 4 kids. In those days, the end of school days for the...

I sent in my request for an absentee ballot at the beginning of the week. In Pennsylvania, this is standard practice. I have to renew my request annually. This makes...

If only we'd known about Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) before my mother developed it. It snuck up on our family quickly and without warning. If we’d known it could be...

I don’t know how, but summertime always feels busier than when I’m working full time during the school year. It’s a phenomenon that I haven’t yet been able to completely...