To see more clearly

Sue had a cataract removed this morning and has chosen a long-distance lens and plans to get reading glasses after the second eye is fixed. She was having some allergy, so they gave her a very light dose of morphine, and that has made her nauseated and sleepy, but otherwise everything seems to have gone well. It was much faster than either of us expected and as far as we know, all went well. The other eye is scheduled for January if there are no complications from this one. I’ll be staying with her through the weekend.

She likes to make her own greeting cards, each one an original, as she shares Evan’s outlook, “Gifts you make with your own hands are the best.” She has had hard going this year because the colors seem a bit dull to her. We’re hoping the colors will be brighter when she takes the patch off and she can complete her card-making with her usual delight.

Freespiral sent us a link to a brilliant Irish documentary (in Irish, but with English subtitles if you click on that tab) about revolutionary women couples in Ireland before the Treaty, and we watched it last night with great pleasure. I was sobbing by the end of it, but (a) I always cry when I watch the news, and I sometimes I even cry over clever ads, (b) everyone knows that it’s likely someone in every couple will die first, and (c) crying does not interfere with my pleasure; it just says my heart has cracked open again. 

We're still writing and phoning politicians every day, asking them to sign on to a Ceasefire.