Remember You Have A Friend

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200 words, apart, Dad, Diana Schwenk, Diana's Enormous Book of Quotes, family, friends, grief, loss, reading, stories, writing

“When twilight drops her curtain down and pins it with a star, remember that you have a friend though she may wander far.” ~  L.M. Montgomery

You may have noticed that I haven’t been writing as much as I used to.

You may also have noticed that I haven’t visited your blog as often as I have in the past.

And you would be right. It’s true.

But not because I don’t love writing. And not because I don’t love reading what you write. And not because I don’t love the community I have come to know here in the blogosphere.

I guess in losing Dad, I’ve been feeling a little lost myself and some things, even the things I love have not seemed as urgent to me at this moment in time.

But please know this.

I do value and miss you.

I love sharing my stories with you. I love that you share your stories with me.

And even though I’m not here as much as before I hope that when twilight drops her curtain down and pins it with a star,  you remember that you have a friend though I may wander far.

~ DIANA’S ENORMOUS BOOK OF QUOTES ~

Today I Got My New Glasses – A Photo Essay

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aging, Diana Schwenk, eye glasses, growing up, happy, health, humour, Life's like that, living in the moment, reading

I FINALLY DID IT!!

Mom’s been telling me for years…

“Go get your eyes checked! We have Glaucoma in the family, you know? Plus those reading glasses aren’t good for your eyes!”

So on Sunday – yes on Sunday, I was surprised I could get an appointment on Sunday too – I showed up for my eye appointment with Dr. Tamas at Eye on 17th.

I learned that my left eye is better than my right eye. That I’m still OK for distance seeing – my super-seeing left eye compensates for my just-legal-for-driving right eye.

I would just need reading glasses.

Sure I could get progressives but they take a while to get used to and like I said, I’m still OK for distance.

Also, I learned that I do not have any eye diseases, including Glaucoma and that the back of my eye is fairly healthy, whatever that means…

Anyway, all day at work today, I was thinking about how I would be picking up my new glasses after work. I was thinking how great it will be to read a few pages, and actually see the words clearly, of a good book tonight before I go to sleep.

So after work, I picked up my glasses.  The nice man at Eye on 17th adjusted my new glasses to my head and had me read a piece of paper. But I wanted to get my glasses home and try them out there!

I’ll try reading the postmark on this bill…

Wow, I can read it! Even that last line, I didn’t even think those were words!

This is really awesome

I was super excited and my thoughts drifted to that book on the night table beside my bed.

Oh boy, oh boy!

First things, first though. I still had to have dinner, do the dishes, watch some TV. And hey I should check out what I look like in these new glasses. So I looked in the mirror.

How is it that I aged 10 years in just one day??

Some things just aren’t worth seeing better, I guess…