Holding a menu at arm's length, peering at anything that required reading, made me feel so old.
Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country. - March 15, 1783
I am getting to an age when I can only enjoy the last sport left. It is called hunting for your spectacles.
I'm not ashamed that I need glasses for distance. I did not feel like I needed to have all of that hair, which was typical Star Jones, or the extra lashes or the heavy makeup.
About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldn't find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that weren't good were good.
Double Spectacles
I can see close up and my husband can see far away, so we're covered. He tells me who's in the movie and I tell him what's in his sandwich. Together we're human bifocals.
I don't need glasses, but I've just reached the age where curiosity is greater than vanity.
I see wrinkles and lines, and wear glasses to read, which I hate. But I am in a better place in my body than I used to be.
Some people are near- or farsighted - I'm thorn-sighted. The thorns on the rose are in really sharp definition for me, the rose petals a little fuzzier.
The truth is, I can’t read anything with any distance. Every book is a self-help book to me. Just having them makes me feel better.
I think your vision gets better as you get older.
