Careful as she goes! Navigating around the boiling kettle

This is probably one of the more intricate challenges for me on a daily basis. My kettle sits on my counter and every day I make very sure to position it in such a way that when the water is boiling the heat from the kettle is aimed towards my kitchen sink. In addition, I carefully place my kettle close to the sink.

Then I go to great pains to continue my daily task ensuring that I am at all times not getting in the way of the steam coming forth from my kettle. I have grown used to this daily task and for the most part I am safe.

However, I always need to keep these variables in my mind. Whenever the kettle is boiling, then the kettle rules, so to speak!

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Almost too late: Visiting Aunty

 I really do not know the last time that I saw Aunty but this visit was very memorable and special for Mom and me. I will note here that Aunty passed on February 01, 2026.

Call it a premonition or a nudge from intuition but Mom had been asking for us to visit Aunty for a while. Aunty seemed so happy to see us and the next day she called Mom and told her so.

We chatted, laughed, and Stephen provided a lovely lunch of delicious Chinese cuisine. Then it was time to leave and a small part of me felt that I would not see her again. I held her hand and hugged her close.

Then we were on our way.

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All done! Fixing Mom's clock

 I finally decided to get off my chair and fix Mom’s clock. Rather, to adjust it so that the chimes matched the time.

It did not really take too much for me to do this. I should have done it a long time ago and I can only put it all down to being a bit too lazy.

Too often I tend to procrastinate, which I must correct. I am usually very punctual with my commitments.

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Combining it all: Fixing Mom's angel

 I need to make sure that I get the entire picture before I embark on these types of tasks. Fixing stuff for Mom is normally routine but every now and then I need to concentrate a bit more.

Especially so when I need to combine my fixing skills along with reference points to visual cues. Most of the time this works but sometimes I need to go a bit further. I needed to bring her angel back to Toronto for Imad to take a look at it.

At the end and good news, the angel did not need fixing.

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Happy times: Turning on Mom's Christmas tree

 

This is one event that almost always bring a smile to me. Whenever Mom asks me to turn on her Christmas tree, I tell her to wait and watch as I do this.

As a vision-impaired person, I would probably never know if the lights are on when I turn the switch. Someone would need to let me know.

So, If I turn the switch and Mom tells me that there is no light, I first check to see if the tree is plugged in and then if it is I try the switch again because I may not have pressed the switch hard enough.

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A bit of humour: The missing underwear

 

At the very best of times, I almost always go into a panic whenever I am missing anything while packing for a trip. This is what happened some time ago when I was packing to return home.

I could not find my precious underwear.  So, before I panicked, I decided to take a step by step approach as to where I had first put them and where they could be at this moment.

I was not sure that this approach would work, but presto! It worked but it took me a bit of time to trace my underwear’s root.

As a vision-impaired person, I truly believe that it is important to always be able to find what I am looking for.

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Using a new strategy: Finding the correct light switch

 

Now I need to find a new way to find the correct light switch.  Because I can no longer see when lights are turned on or off, I have had to develop ways to know which switch is the correct one.

This comes when Mom asks me to either turn on or off a light. Through care, logic and memory, I have developed a way to do this. It takes patience and effort. It takes some thinking and some figuring out. It takes trial and error.

But, at the end of the day I think that I have mastered it.

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There you will not only learn about me as a sight-loss coach and author but you will also gain insights into my campaign against bullying and why I strongly believe that you need to consider joining me in order to insure that the future of our kids with their wide-eyed smiles and infectious laughter is secured forever.

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