New Year’s Day is one for pondering and I’m doing just that. Helen Keller said: “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” I’m not totally blind, I’m legally blind from Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. In the beginning of my sight loss, I separated myself from things and people—especially those I love and who love me. At that time, I had no vision for my future or even for the day in which I existed. It took a while to work past all that. 2018 marks a decade since I lost my sight—10 years or 120 months or 520 weeks or 3,650 days that, in the beginning, I never thought I’d ever be able to face without perfect sight, driving my own car.
I really get what Helen Keller was saying. I truly do. 2018 is going to be another GREAT year. I can just see it!
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