Category: Patients’ Writings

I understand being consumed by low vision. It is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when there doesn’t seem to be any light. So now what? I find that, the times I focus on it, I become more scared and more consumed by what I can’t do anymore and what [Read More]

There I am, running on a field Touching three bases and arriving home Hearing the fans celebrate And the singing truck giving away ice cream cones My family and friends smiling at their All-star, so very proud After nine innings, I head to Buck Boone Road Things like this, I could never give up There [Read More]

(Contributed by Gary Hunter) I walked a mile with Vision She chattered all the way But left me none the wiser For what she had to say. I walked a mile with Blindness Though not a word said she But the things I learned from Blindness When Blindness walked with me.

by Dan Roberts Isn’t it amazing? You set out in life with a vision of a straight, smoothly-paved road along which you plan to travel unhindered into the future. But sometimes barriers block your way. You then have a choice to either stop and give up, or to shoulder your bag and take the detours. [Read More]

by Tabby From my warm chair, I watch it move. I know it is cold and alone, It slides slowly and then picks up speed; And then it is gone from my box view into it’s world. While my traitorous vision won’t confirm it, I know it is another drop of rain. I wish sometimes [Read More]