Hello, and welcome to another blessing Sunday. Traveling with me on this path are

Abbie Johnson Taylor and

Lynda Lambert who shared the idea with me,

My brother, sister-in-law, and sister all came to visit this month. It was like a days-long family reunion, and what a good time it was! I referred to it in my last post when I talked about our trip to Wickenburg.

2 weeks ago sister Bev called and said she and her bestie Roz wanted to come over for a few minutes. We were going out to grandson Jaden’s birthday party in a couple hours, but, w/that proviso, I told them yes. Bev presented me w/a pair of Meta glasses. I had earlier shared w/her, brother Phil, and sister-in-law Nancy, my experience on Christmas where I used daughter Amanda’s meta glasses, and they told me about my daughter and grandkids standing by the Christmas tree in matching Christmas PJ’s. No one had told me that earlier, so it felt like having a little synthetic eyesight. It was fun and all, but I couldn’t justify spending the money. It was a cool luxury, but definitively not a need. Now, suddenly, I had my own.

They helped me get them set up. I’m sure I could’ve done it, but not nearly as fast. Then one of them gave me a newspaper, and I read it! Here’s the pic.

Then we pulled an asparagus can out of the closet. Here’s a pic of me reading that.

On 2nd and 4th Wednesdays we have recycling days. Last week was 4th Wednesday, and we had 2 barrels of stuff. When I went out to get the barrels after the stuff had been collected, I could only find 1. Karl looked out the door, but he couldn’t see the other barrel either. I took my glasses, walked down the driveway a bit, looked slightly to my left, and asked Meta if she saw the barrel. Yes, she did, and w/her telling me approximately where it was, I was able to find it.

These are small, mundane things. For a completely blind person though, it was pretty earthshaking.

Some things haven’t worked as well. Finding Karl’s newspaper in the driveway and reading a small headphones manual are examples. I’ll continue to experiment to determine optimum use cases.

The glasses are a blessing, that’s a certainty. Even more so, though, is having a sister who cared enough to want to make my life a little easier. That’s the biggest blessing.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

I’m very fortunate to have lots of family who care about me, and, along w/God who is my rock and my salvation, these are my biggest blessings of all. I wish all of you to be likewise blessed.