Living

I am in the vagabond mindset as of late. You know the “get me out of here...NOW” mood. I held off my wanderlust all summer with a handful of fun...

Friends, Halloween is almost here! I love, love, love Halloween. I always have. There’s just something special about the beauty in the weather changing in the midwest from summer to...

2016 was a bad year. My mother-in-law was hospitalized with dehydration. The same time she was in the hospital, my second eye “went.” Then, before I could even set up...

Essential oils are specific and concentrated compounds that are extracted directly from plants. Once these compounds are extracted from the plants, they are added to a ‘carrier oil’ so they...

My family was recently traveling out of state for a long holiday weekend. I decided to get myself an audiobook to listen to along the way. Reading in the car...

We are all aware of how precious our vision is and even more so when we start to lose it. Some might not see the point in protecting their eyes...

For many of us, Halloween is the beginning of a three and a half month goodie binge to celebrate all the fun holidays: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa, and New Year’s Eve...

Yippee, whoo hoo, congratulations to me! No bleed! For those of you who’ve read my previous story, 'We Begin Again', you’ll remember that after a few months of stability, my...

If you’ve read any of my previous articles, you know that I am a firm believer in overall health being a major player in our eye health. I’m constantly researching...

October is Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) and it’s time to celebrate, Friends! Cheers to those of us who work through our disabilities day in and day out (or did...

We all know light is a problem for us folks with age-related macular degeneration. Too much and the second we go into a dark room we are blind for what...

You know those times where it feels like the universe is against you? I picture the morning rush, where you are so frazzled trying to just get out the door...

I just saw Linda’s piece on mindfulness. Cool. I am right in the middle of teaching the mindfulness module for DBT. Might as well use my notes for a dual...

In the first article of this series, I explained how expensive buying fruits, vegetables, and vitamins can be. I also discussed the high cost of joining a gym in order...

When I first found out I had myopic macular degeneration in 2007, there wasn’t much information out there about the vitamins and supplements I was urged to use. Besides that...

Oh my GOSH, you guys! I finally got to go see my optometrist. Phew! My contacts ‘wore out’ months ago and have been irritating the heck out of my eyes...

Does anyone else ever expect defeat before even trying? I know I have, and my default excuse has been my visual impairment. As mentioned in my previous articles, I struggled...

I often hear the phrase “there is no instruction manual on how to be a parent,” to which I agree 100 percent. Not to mention that for myself, I have...

Hi! I just finished a chocolate whoopie pie with mint frosting. Yum! I am practicing what I preach. I am accumulating positives to buoy me up when times are rough...

I am getting eye shots now...maybe. It is also possible I am in the sham group for the study because I am not feeling a thing and there have been...