Blanket
I remember the very first thing I could see as a child. It was a rocking horse my parents got me for my first birthday. I both loved and hated that rocking horse.
When it seemed that I would never ride or play on it my parents gave it to the nursery at church. I was fine with that until I showed up at the nursery the next week after they gave it to the church.
As soon as I saw the rocking horse I ran to it and would not let any other kids get near it. Today this makes me smile and wonder what must have been going on in my head.
During this part of my life I had pretty good vision. But as I grew older I started losing vision and needed glasses to see better. When I was thirteen I lost the vision in my left eye all together. I adjusted but life was never the same after that.
As I went through my teenage years I lost more of the vision in my right eye. I never lost it completely but throughout the past twenty-five years I have had several surgeries to try and keep the vision I do have. My most recent one three years ago was the most successful of them all.
All people use their vision to do every day tasks. Reading, writing, driving, watching TV, riding bikes, playing games. I do all those things too but have learned to use my other censes as well to get through life.
Our vision is not only our blanket that gets us through life. The other censes we have are also blankets too that if we lost them we would feel pretty lost in life.
Today I can see lots of things. My guide dog is right next to me as a matter of fact as I write this. I can see that he is yellow, that his eyes are expressive, his blue collar that I purchased for him, and that his tail is wagging as I pet him. But no longer can I see the color of his eyes. That part of the blanket of life has been taken away from me.
I no longer worry about this though. For me what counts is just being able to get around. And I am able to do that whether I can or cannot see.
This is my home game entry for therealljidol, week 19. The topic is blanket.
When it seemed that I would never ride or play on it my parents gave it to the nursery at church. I was fine with that until I showed up at the nursery the next week after they gave it to the church.
As soon as I saw the rocking horse I ran to it and would not let any other kids get near it. Today this makes me smile and wonder what must have been going on in my head.
During this part of my life I had pretty good vision. But as I grew older I started losing vision and needed glasses to see better. When I was thirteen I lost the vision in my left eye all together. I adjusted but life was never the same after that.
As I went through my teenage years I lost more of the vision in my right eye. I never lost it completely but throughout the past twenty-five years I have had several surgeries to try and keep the vision I do have. My most recent one three years ago was the most successful of them all.
All people use their vision to do every day tasks. Reading, writing, driving, watching TV, riding bikes, playing games. I do all those things too but have learned to use my other censes as well to get through life.
Our vision is not only our blanket that gets us through life. The other censes we have are also blankets too that if we lost them we would feel pretty lost in life.
Today I can see lots of things. My guide dog is right next to me as a matter of fact as I write this. I can see that he is yellow, that his eyes are expressive, his blue collar that I purchased for him, and that his tail is wagging as I pet him. But no longer can I see the color of his eyes. That part of the blanket of life has been taken away from me.
I no longer worry about this though. For me what counts is just being able to get around. And I am able to do that whether I can or cannot see.
This is my home game entry for therealljidol, week 19. The topic is blanket.