Some Needed Reminders
This week I faced something I had been ignoring for a while: I need glasses. I have always had perfect vision! I remember being a kid and testing myself to see how far away I could read stuff and shouting out in the car to hear someone say, “Oh my goodness! You can actually read that far!” Out of pride, I had ignored the problem. I am not saying that I have all of sudden gone nearly blind but I am saying that there is a difference. That is actually how I described it to the optometrist who, after doing all the tests and measurements (puff of air in my eye? No thanks) handed me a piece of paper with some small writing on it. I had told him it was my long-distance more than my close up, so I did not get why I was looking at this little writing which I could read fine! As I was looking at it, he put my makeshift prescription on me. Let’s pause here and mention that I didn’t think it was really that bad. I mean, my eyesight was just uncomfortably different, not blurry or anything. I did no