Poems

During the period that I was struggling with the loss of my sight, I started to write poems. I had this need to write down my thoughts and feelings, and very surprisingly they took form as poems. (I had never been writing poems earlier!)

Later on I have self-published this collection of poems as a little book. It is in Finnish, but I'm planning to translate it into English. The name of the bundle is 'Vuoden asiakas', 'Client of the year'. If you would be interested in reading it, let me know!

Change

Today has been quite a significant day for me, a day I knew was coming sooner or later. I have started injecting insuline after two years of tablet medication for my diabetes. Supposedly my life will be a little less free from now on... Eating, testing my blood sugar and medication have to be controlled even more strict than until now.

Not that I'm sad or in low spirits though. Actually, it's the opposite: I'm kind of relieved and pleased that the decision has been made. No more stress whether the tablets have worked enough or what is my doctor going to say this time...

Now I'm learning to live with the new situation and hoping that the new medication will also help my eyes' condition stay stable. It's a bit exciting to see how long it will take to find the right dosage for me, and to get used to the different routines. Well, my life is certainly not monotonous or dull!

Happiness is...

...my pair of 'Reino' slippers beside a clearly larger pair in the hall.
...all the toy cars parked very neatly by a little guest in our livingroom :)
...you pushing me in the back when we bike against the wind.
...the smell of spring after a long and cold winter. Summer is not that far anymore!
...watching and listening to birds together. I always learn something new from you.

Dreams Come True

Photos: Jaakko Avikainen