Living
Broken’s Parents
A disabled child, shocking abnormal, broken, unacceptable, shameful, sin….. Having a “broken” child is such a disappointment. What have I done, what could I have done differently. Why is God punishing me!! Why Why Why. Its like waking up Christmas morning anticipating that one thing that you’ve always wanted you’ve always desired then … Its […]
Find A Happy Place
My wife asked me today to find my happy place. I resented her comment at first but I am starting to get it. I am always reminded that we are impacted by those around us and in turn we impact them as well. My life is truly blessed by the presence of my wife. When […]
Marginalized
People don’t get it. If you don’t look or act a certain way then you can’t be. I don’t look blind and most of the time am fairly highly functional. I have had a successful career although with the economy that is no longer true. People like to push you around like to determine what […]
I Believe
I have faith and I am a very spiritual person. Organized religion is very hard for me. Having lived with people who look at me and my disability with the moral model, I’ve sinned or my parents have sinned. Its very hard to believe in a system of spirituality that condones and practices intolerance. To […]
60 Degrees West & 15 Degrees North
These are the coordinates to my favorite beach. Not really they are the misalignments of my eyes. Recently I had this really cool eye appointment at the hospital. My eyes are so misaligned currently they can refract me for new glasses. My options are, surgery. I’ve had Strabismus surgery before, the most single painful incident […]
Curiosity and Ignorance
I believe its human nature to be curios about each others story. What do they do? Why do they…? Often when I’m out and about I look at a home and wonder what is the story of the people that live there. Its easy to imagine on a cold wintery night on the highway seeing […]
Fear
I am having Strabismus surgery in March, and I’m afraid. When I wrote about the eye appointment to measure my eye alignment, misalignment, angles I wasn’t totally honest. It was a very cool appointment but it hurt and it hurt a lot. I had the prospect of repeating the appointment and all the tests but thankfully […]
PhotoVoice
I was surfing the news on the internet the other day and came across the following news article on the BBC news website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8466714.stm There is an organization “Photovice” out of the UK that gives blind and legally blind cameras and teaches them how to take pictures. Some of these pictures are amazing!!! http://www.photovoice.org/ I […]
Alberta Health Care
I’m spoiled, I’m concerned, I’m surprised. During my life in Canada and the US with my eye condition I’ve enjoyed the attention of an Ophthalmologist. Even for mundane things like new glasses. I’ve just moved back to Calgary, Alberta and the health care system here is in a state. A state of what I’m not […]
BlindManCan Audiances
I have always been interested in who my audience actually is. I’m sure there is someone looking to steal my identity, good think I’m broke. I’m sure there are hackers that are piggy backing on the services I use to host this blog, I’m sure there are a few out there to monitor, stalk, and […]
