September 12 - Nose on the Screen

In my younger sighted days, I liked to play tennis. In my current only partially sighted days, I find that I can sometimes hit a serve and rarely hit a ball when it comes back to me. This hasn’t diminished my love of the sport and so when the big tennis Open matches come on TV, I push my chair up close to the screen to see whatever I can see.

As I crane forward, this posture doesn’t do too much for my back and neck, but I am glad that I can still see enough to follow the play. Often times when Lyle and I “watch” television, I will sit back in a more comfortable chair and just listen to the audio. I like to watch sit comes where I know the characters and can recognize their voices. I like certain news commentators more than others. This also holds true for the commentators on the tennis matches.

I feel very fortunate that I am living in present times when my vision loss is compensated by so many advances in technology. As I am typing this, although I see nothing on my computer screen, my JAWS program is reading back to me every word that I type.

Still, there are some activities where my nose to the screen is the best option. Watching the US tennis Open has been one of these. Congratulations to Leylah Fernandez, Canada’s rising young star of the tennis world as she reached The Women’s Finals in this event. This young tennis player is going to be one to watch in the future, and I think will cause more nose prints on my TV screen!