Mary Catherine Derin

At a loss for words

As I mentioned when  I reintroduced myself in my previous blog  posts, I have not written a  blog post in well over 1 year. In my own defense, I am  NOT a slacker.  I just have a hard time having a one-way conversation. LOL See, as anyone who knows me can attest to, I love …

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My Blind Life – Today

Okay, so my last blog post I gave you the history behind my hydrocephalus, and what it is.  However, that doesn’t really explain how we got to where things are today. So, here goes… As I briefly mentioned, ever since being told I had outgrown my condition I had experienced various symptoms over the years, …

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Quarantine Fatigue

Isn’t it crazy all the new terms that have been coined in the last few months? “Masking”, “zooming”, and “quarantine fatigue”, just to name a few.  I wonder if any of them will be added to the Webster’s dictionary in the next edition?? LOL I have joked that I have been practicing for this time …

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A Difference of Opinion

I recently posted one of my “Questions of the Day” on my personal Facebook profile,  asking folks to share their ‘unpopular opinions’.  I started it off by sharing one of mine.  I will do so here as well. I started off by saying that I am not on the Brad Pitt “bandwagon”.  I don’t hate …

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To the Class of 2020

To the Class of 2020 (and anyone else who needs to hear it)… Life is full of opportunities.  Some are ones you just cannot pass up, but others, you might wish you did. Life is full of disappointment.  Things may not always turn out as you had planned or hoped, however, sometimes that is because …

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alone together

What a Time to be Alive!

Okay, so there might be just a tad bit of sarcasm in the title, but still… It IS a crazy time right now with the current Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic we are dealing with. Buzz words like ‘social distancing’ and trending hash tags like #alonetogether (hint: it isn’t as romantic as it sounds😉) have taken over …

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