by Olivia | May 7, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
Ten years ago. One month, three surgeries. The first surgery was planned, carefully scheduled for my husband to recover in time to enjoy a robust family vacation. This surgery was meant to solve, once and for all, some issues that had plagued my husband for 35 years....
by Olivia | Apr 30, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
My dad had a heart attack while lifting a suitcase into the trunk of the car in my sister’s driveway. Certainly there are worse circumstances for this particular emergency, and I was grateful Dad could get immediate help and be surrounded by people who loved him. We...
by Olivia | Apr 23, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
I was nine when I got my first pair of glasses. They were pink. I was 14 when I got my first pair of contact lenses. They were blue. My dad knew I wanted them, but it was the eye doctor’s comment that contacts might actually help slow down the progression of my myopia...
by Olivia | Apr 16, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
At the hospital admissions desk, I signed the forms before daybreak. A young woman slapped an I.D. strap around my wrist and sealed it. “No sedative,” she said loudly. A man behind the counter furrowed his brow and came to look at the chart. “No sedative,” he...
by Olivia | Apr 9, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
My daughter straggled after me in the grocery store. I was intent on my list, and at that moment had my head in the dairy case. When I stepped back with my milk and plopped it in the cart, my daughter nudged me. “Didn’t that guy used to go to our church?” she...
by Olivia | Apr 6, 2012 | Lens on Life, Uncategorized
This piece first ran a few months ago, but because it is a story about Good Friday, I offer it again on this day when we remember the suffering and death of Jesus. I took a seat in the sanctuary. Somber Good Friday organ music underlay the meditations of...
