It happens to the best of us.
One day, you wake up, pick up your phone to read your mail
and discover that your arm isn't long enough.
"Maybe you need glasses" my husband says.
Please! I just need to change the font size on the phone. They make it tinier and tinier with every new phone, right?
Or, you go to your favourite restaurant and realize that the lighting has changed.
You have to ask for more candles on the table so you can hold them up to the menu to read the tiny print. Then the waiter comes running over because you are about to set the paper menu on fire , and he suggests that the flashlight on the phone may work better.
"Can you please find it, I can't see because of the terrible lighting in here!"
The cold hard truth is that I NEED GLASSES!
I thought I had this ageing thing under control. I look good, and feel good, but really can't see good!
So off I went to get my first pair of glasses.
My first real sign of ageing.
I'm still getting used to them, am lost without them, hate to have to wear them, but thankful I have them.
So now I have these reading glasses.
They're great, when I can find them! Unless they're on my head, I'm always searching for them. Because I can't do anything without them. Read emails, texts, recipes, snail mail, look at pictures, wash dishes, help with homework......the list is endless! It's amazing how much detail I was missing without them.
I used to look at myself in the mirror and think, "Wow! You are holding up pretty good!"
Then one day, I forgot to take my glasses off. I looked in the mirror and thought "Woe! You need some serious moisturizer! When did all these wrinkles appear?" I looked a little closer and noticed this long black hair popping out of my chin. What the hell? By the length of it, I'd say it's been there for about a year. Why hasn't anyone told me? Is everyone as blind as me around here?
Now, my glasses aren't just for reading anymore. They are the gateway into seeing the TRUTH!
Instead of looking good to the naked eye, I now have the goal of looking good to the magnified eye!
Probably the best thing about NOT wearing my glasses, is that everyone around me looks great. Everyone's complexions are clear and beautiful, their skin looks healthy and young, their makeup is perfectly applied, and their hair looks glossy and clean.
The world is a much prettier place when I forget to wear my rose coloured glasses!
I may be blind, but damn I look good....I think!
