Just another aha moment! Finding the speaker button on my phone

Good thing that Stephen was a very patient friend. On this day I was again fumbling with my phone as I tried to find the speaker button.

Here I was, using my fingers to help me out because I do not have enough vision to see the buttons. So,  my fingers did the walking for me and through trial and error I found it!

Not as frustrating or cumbersome at the end of the day! I just need to have more patience! 😊

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Technology once more! Turning up the volume on my phone

 

Looking back at this now I can only smile to myself as I recall.  You see, I had to spend a few trying moments to find the volume button on my land line phone.  All that I wanted to do was to turn up the volume.

There I was, going through all of the buttons on my poor old phone before finding the right one.  And if I had taken the time to be logical about it, things would definitely have gone more smoothly for me.  However, on this particular day my patience seemed to have deserted me.

After a few minutes I did find it and at the end of it all it was not as complicated as I thought it would be.

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2 different searches: When the cordless went missing

 

So, we had a vision-impaired person and her mom, who is hard of hearing, searching for the missing cordless phone.  I meticulously went from room to room searching for it.  I ran my fingers across all of the surfaces in each room while at the same time I tried to retrace my steps from memory.

Mom used her keen eye sight to do the same and it was she who eventually found it.  There it was, safe and sound.  Sitting on her coffee table in her living room.

I took it all in, just realizing that we both used different search mechanisms to carry out our searches.

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Totally frustrated! When Bell Canada interrupted my day

It all confirmed to me how important it is for me to be able to have ready access to my land line!  When I returned from my trip to Britain, I found my land line in disarray!  There was a loud buzzing sound on the line and I could not hear anything thus making it difficult to dial out or receive incoming calls.

All told, it took Bell Canada two days to rectify the problem.  And for me, as a person with a vision impairment, I feel so very vulnerable without my precious land line!

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Expecting and waiting: Waiting to see Mom

For better or for worse, or should I say it like this! There is nothing for me to do but to wait to see my beloved Mom. The last time I saw her was in early January 2020 and seven months later, as we travel through August, I am still waiting to see her and be with her!

I have to settle for hearing her voice across the miles when we chat via phone. As often as we can my sister-in-law, Gayle, arranges Facetime sessions so that Mom can see me. In addition, I now get friends to take photos of me at home and then I email them to Gayle so that she can show them to Mom.    

For the most part this is working and thanks to technology this can help to cushion the lack of in person interaction. It has always been the tradition for me to spend the summer with Mom and in July we would spend 10 wonderful days in sweet Saint Lucia! Unfortunately, not this year!

So, I need to keep telling myself ‘when’ instead of ‘if.’ It's the only thing that will save my sanity!

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