Glasses

Remember the first time you got glasses? When you put them on and it was like a whole new world opened up for you? "WOW, I can see. . ."

I was a senior in high school, and I really wanted colored contacts, but my mom insisted I get glasses first. I'd been needing them since FOREVER, but in the 4th grade some quack doctor told my mom I had some weird eye disease and glasses wouldn't help me. Um yeah, did I say, "QUACK!"

Anyway, I was heading to college and thought it would be nice to see. I drove to the eye doctor to pick them up, and when I put them on, I could not believe how much I was missing. I remember vividly seeing the leaves on the trees. Not the leaves as a mass, but each leaf. Then on the way home, I nearly wrecked, "What's that on the road? Why is it different colors?" And "Why do cars have two sets of lights? Ones yellow? When did that happen?"

I must say, those glasses were the ugliest glasses ever, purplish pink with pink tint on the glass. But being able to see was way more important than how I looked.

So fast forward 20 years. My daughter is 7 years old, and has recently had some problems seeing the board. Off we went to eye doctor, and sure enough she needs glasses. Um, her visions 20/100 oops. Anyway, last night she put on her new glasses for the first time. Seeing the expression on her face was like watching the lights go on in a dark room. She could see. She kept pulling them down her nose saying, "When I do this I can't see those letters, but with my glasses, I can." All night, she'd tell us what she couldn't see without and what she could with.

I think the only thing better than me being able to see for the first time all those years ago, was watching her being able to see. And the newness has NOT worn off yet. As she heads to school today, there's a whole new world for her to see. Today, they're getting new seats in her class, and for the first time, she'll be able to sit in the back and see. What a great day!