John Holton is our host for Writer’s Workshop. Here are the prompts for 12/11/25:

  1. Write a post inspired by the word glasses.
  2. Write a post in exactly twelve (12) sentences.
  3. Write a story starting with the line “I am never at home on Sundays.”
  4. Describe how you would celebrate the holidays if it was totally up to you and money was not a factor.
  5. Write a post that one of your pets would write.
  6. Write about a time someone caught you totally off guard.

I’m queen of the bifocals these days.

A long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away)…sorry, child of the ’70s and ’80s here. I slipped into Star Wars character for a minute.

Anyway, I got reading glasses a good while ago. Maybe in my late 30s or early 40s? It started with all that reading papers/grading tests as a teacher — at some point I realized it was harder than it used to be and nobody wants to spend hours squinting at worksheets so reading glasses became part of my important equipment.

Then came the day I realized my distance eyesight started getting fuzzy. I was frustrated, I felt betrayed — distance vision was my superpower, how dare it get fuzzy on me?? An optometrist kindly (he thought) explained to me that as we age the eye changes, blah blah blah…I heard “so sorry, you’re old now, time to suck it up.” Good times.

I didn’t want to fuss with glasses full time, though, so I decided to try contacts. That lasted approximately 18 hours at which point it became abundantly clear I would never ever EVER be able to touch my eyeball, even to put in those tiny little vision assisters. There was nothing to be done; bifocals were the only option left.

I love my glasses overall. Are they a pain when it’s raining? Good grief, yes, with the annoyance compounded if I don’t have a decent cleaning cloth with me. Atrocious humidity is also a challenge. But an up to date prescription means clearer signs while driving and the ability to do things like blogging without a headache. I’ll take the inconvenience for the positives.

Here’s hoping the vision gods look kindly on you and yours. May the force (and decent eyesight) be with you.

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