The Eyes Have It

There's an old English proverb, sometimes attributed to Shakespeare or Milton, that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Rhonda, the Southern half of Evelyn David, has struggled for the last two weeks with a corneal ulcer. It doesn't sound so terrible, except it is. It's meant that her vision has been compromised, her eyes are so light-sensitive that she can barely walk out into daylight, she has been afflicted with, as she describes it, "knife in the eyeball" sensation, constant eye dryness, doctor visits three times a week, a medication schedule that has required awaking every four hours – and the attendant stomach problems from taking all the various medications – not to mention, as anyone with an ongoing illness quickly discovers, doctor and pharmacy bills rising faster than the Mississippi.

For someone who loves to read, that's a pleasure that's been eliminated. Watching television makes her nauseous. And writing – she can barely look at a computer screen for more than 10 minutes without feeling like her eye is cramping, so work on our latest mystery has been seriously compromised.

Thankfully, she will be fine. Though disappointed with the pace of recovery, the doctor has assured Rhonda that he sees progress and is convinced that she will make a full recovery in the next week or so. But of course, it's led to much thought and discussion about the blessing of sight and the joys of the written word.

And in the midst of this ordeal, we were both reminded of a quotation from Helen Keller: “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” She's right, of course. We so often take for granted the beauty of the world around us, the people in our lives. Both halves of Evelyn David have certainly learned a lesson.

Back soon with more adventures in murder and mayhem.

 

Marian and Rhonda

 

 

A Reason to Give Thanks includes: Giving Thanks in Lottawatah, Bah, Humbug in Lottawatah, Moonlighting at the Mall, The Fortune Teller's Face, A Reason to Give Thanks, Sneak Peek – Murder Off the Books, Sneak Peek – I Try Not to Drive Past Cemeteries
A Reason to Give Thanks
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Sullivan Investigations Mystery
Murder Off the Books Kindle - Nook - Smashwords - Trade Paperback
Murder Takes the Cake Kindle - Nook - Smashwords - Trade Paperback 
Riley Come Home (short story)- Kindle - Nook - Smashwords
Moonlighting at the Mall (short story) - Kindle - Nook - Smashwords

 

 

Zoned for Murder
Kindle
Nook
Smashwords
Trade Paperback

Brianna Sullivan Mysteries - e-book series
I Try Not to Drive Past Cemeteries- Kindle - Nook - Smashwords
The Dog Days of Summer in Lottawatah- Kindle - Nook - Smashwords
The Holiday Spirit(s) of Lottawatah- Kindle - Nook - Smashwords
Undying Love in Lottawatah- Kindle - Nook - Smashwords
A Haunting in Lottawatah - Kindle - Nook - Smashwords
Lottawatah Twister - Kindle - Nook - Smashwords
Missing in Lottawatah - Kindle - Nook - Smashwords
Good Grief in Lottawatah - Kindle - Nook - Smashwords
Summer Lightning in Lottawatah - Kindle - Nook - Smashwords

The Ghosts of Lottawatah - trade paperback collection of the Brianna e-books
Book 1 - I Try Not to Drive Past Cemeteries (includes the first four Brianna e-books)
Book 2 - A Haunting in Lottawatah (includes the 5th, 6th, and 7th Brianna e-books)

Romances
Love Lessons - Kindle - Nook - Smashwords