Don't cry over split milk

Just let Mili take care of it for you.

Oh, my

Just a few minutes ago, it was morning.

Where did the day go?

Differently-Abled

Some of you may know this already but I am hearing impaired and I wear hearing aids. About two months ago, Thelma (my right hearing aid) died after nine years of loyal servitude. It was too difficult to wear Louise (my left hearing aid) without Thelma. Within a few days, Louise, too, was put to rest.

Thus began the quest for a new pair of hearing aids.

The first place I went kept fitting me with aids that emphasized high pitched sounds. Everything sounded tinny and sharp. Within minutes of wearing them, I would be in tears whilst wishing the dog would choke on her own piercing bark.

I went back to the audiologist. Again. And again.

She kept telling me that I'd have to get used to the new technology. She had me convinced that it was me. It was all me and I was being difficult. In the meantime, simple things such as cranking the car would have me feeling as if there was an earthquake of sounds going off in my head. It was unbearable.

Finally, I took the hearing aids back and set out to live without much sound.

A few weeks went by and I made an appointment with another audiologist. After another round of proving that I indeed could not hear, I was fitted with a sample pair of hearing aids. I could hear!

Tears sprang to my eyes. I know it totally confused the poor audiologist but I had convinced myself that I would never hear again. And I had missed hearing over the last two months.

As of yesterday, I officially received my new pair of hearing aids.

Please welcome Thelma and Louise to the family.

Paint your own reality...

Sweet Mili is home from the vet after another back relapse. She was all pitiful when we got home until we got some food out. Then the real Mili came yipping and yapping right back on the scene.

We've been told to keep her contained. No running. No stairs. Just time to heal.

The reality is that at some point, she may seriously need some wheels to take the place of her back legs. Until that day comes, we'll continue cheer that sweet slinky dog on!

And we'll clean up her piddles.

Sunrise on Sea Island

Spent the weekend with some friends - 13 adults and 6 small children - in one beach house at Sea Island, Georgia. The sunrise this morning was breathtaking! There was no one on the beach besides me.

Just me and my thoughts....

A perfect way to start a day.

Bubbles

I love watching children playing with bubbles. It was the perfect afternoon for being outside!

Loaded

My son and I loaded up the car as the sun set and drove through smoke and darkness to an island. The beach will be ready for us when we awake!