Anthony I didn’t see the motorcycle coming at me until it was too late. I always enjoyed getting up early and taking walks just before the sun rises. Being out in the fresh air before the city woke up gave me the chance to clear my head. I remember that morning almost...
Alynah I still remember the silence in the room when our pediatrician told us that our baby girl was blind or visually impaired. Time seemed to stand still, as hundreds of questions ran through our heads. When Alynah was only a few weeks old, I noticed that she...
Maryam I’ll never forget that day and how empty I felt. As I sat down on the eye specialist’s chair, he handed me a box of Kleenex and broke the news – I was slowly going blind. “You’ll have to give up your independent activities,” the doctor told me. “School will be...
Ada It’s so very hard to think of that day. Even now, almost five years later, we still celebrate our daughter Ada’s birthday the weekend after, because we can’t pull ourselves into a party mode on that particular date. Ada’s birth accident was like a train hitting us...
Every year, when the weather gets warmer, I get excited because summer is around the corner, and this means that I’ll be returning to Camp Massawippi – one of my favorite places to be. My name is Tanya, and I’m 28 years old. I was born with no eyes at all, and I also...
Peyton One morning, during Peyton’s third week of kindergarten, she turned to us and asked “is there anything wrong with my eyes?” Some of the older children at school had been teasing her, saying they don’t like her eyes and that they gross her out. As the tears...
