We’re on the final countdown. Hours to go.
How did yet another year get away from us?
Here at Keeper Bookshelf I’m ending the year with a good feeling. While I may not have accomplished all of my goals – I’ve made a darned good start, and I’m content with that.
On a completely personal note, I got some disturbing news recently. Seems that the blurry and fuzzy words on my monitor and Kindle cannot be fixed with a new glasses prescription. Instead, next week I’ll begin to find out how bad and what can be done with a cataract on my left eye. Funny, I always thought I’d be able to see one of those suckers on my eyes – but apparently not always. For someone who loves to read as much as I do – aside from having several bookish blogs that need daily attention… this kinda hit me hard emotionally. Oh, I know it can be fixed. It’s just something that happened to my grandmother – not me. *sigh* How silly we are at times, right?
Anyway, because of the strain I’m putting on my eyes right now (current glasses don’t work and cannot get new ones because they wouldn’t work either)… I’m probably going to slow down just a bit on my reviews. I don’t want to – but I think until this is resolved, I need to. I imagine I’ll still be posting at least once a day – and I have tons of posts and reviews that are scheduled, so you may not actually see very much difference. But I’ll know what’s happening in the background so I need to effectively deal with that mentally and emotionally.
2016 will offer up challenges for us all – that’s not anything new.. My wish for you is to have a safe New Year Eve’s celebration — and then enjoy the rest of the year doing what makes you happy. Big – small – it doesn’t matter, but doing what you love is a gift we give to ourselves every single day. I wish that gift for you.
May 2016 bring you every happiness you ever dreamed of – and may you go through it with your sense of humor, faith and love intact. Can’t wish for much more than that, really.
My mom has macular degeneration in both eyes, so she thought that was the reason reading had become so difficult. But then we asked about cataract surgery and one of her doctors said it might help, so she had it done on both eyes. Afterwards, she looked at me and said “Oh, I can see your wrinkles!” (Thanks, Mom!) She told me that she hadn’t been able to see any of her kids’ faces for years.
Having those cataracts removed makes such a difference, Marcy. You will be amazed at how sparkly the world is again. 🙂
Thank you for your support this year, and all the best to you in 2016!
Oh Sheila you’re the best and thank you for supporting me. 🙂
Yeah, my eye doc said I know it’s scary but really once it’s done and you’ll only need glasses for the other eye – one lens will be clear you’re gonna love it. Hopefully I can get it done soon and recover fast — I’ll go into withdrawals if I can’t read *sad grin*
Happy new year!
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Thank you 🙂 I hope your 2016 is fantastic.
Aw that would definitely get a girl emotional. It’s hard waiting to hear what’s going to happen too. I hope they’re able to get you all on the mend and right as rain soon! Lots of good thoughts 😀
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Hi Anna,
One half of my brain knows it can be fixed eventually. The other half just wanted to see correctly again.. NOW. But as long as I can see again it’s a process to get through much like life 🙂
I do hope that 2016 is everything you hope for and brings you some good surprises as well.