It has been difficult to come to terms with all the things I can no longer see. I was going to list a few of them here but once I would get started, it might not end. Nothing looks the same to me as it did when I had my full sight so really, anything I put my eyes on is a loss.
There are the big things, of course, but it really is all the little things that will get you. Watching a TV show the other night with my husband, he mentioned a sign that had been in a scene that I did not see. It was not critical to the storyline or he would have told me. Once he pointed it out, though, I couldn’t help but think about all the things I don’t even know that I am missing.
Is ignorance bliss? If I am unaware then I can’t feel bad about it. Mister Rain and my friends are great about being my eyes but it is not the same as seeing for myself. That’s the thing about us humans, isn’t it? We have to see it, hear it, taste it, feel it and learn it for ourselves.
Is my lack of vision cheating me out of a complete existence? Regardless of how full my life is, this is a definite fear. I will miss things because of my vision loss. That is a fact. But you with your 20/20 sight might miss something because you are distracted or there is simply too much to take in. The only thing in our power is to live in a way that compliments what we do have – in my case, a little vision – and in no way think of that as compensation for what we don’t. That is the real cause for worry for all of us – that we miss out because of our shortsightedness.
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