Is that color?

"Tenaj!  Tenaj.  Help me.  I can't find my glasses.  Help me find them."  She would come into the room, chuckle with her dad and then proceed to help me locate my spectacles.  Sometimes, they were right in front of me.  Each year, I felt the world become more bleary.  Every year, I'd ask my optometrist if I was a candidate for Lasik.  He'd reply that with my degree of myopia, that I would be better off going to his specialist- the charge,  definitely out of my price range. 

I can see clearly now

Flash forward a few years and now, every morning, I smile and thank the creator for waking me up.  I can turn over and see my husband sleeping softly or my youngest who has crawled into the bed to snooze. I don't have to call my oldest daughter into our room at odd times to help me find my glasses.  

March 2010, I made a major decision.  After many months of research and interviewing the right centers,  I used my flexible spending account money from work to get Lasik.

The procedure took less than 15 minutes (I had both eyes done) and I was actually able to see the same day.  My husband went with me.  I held onto Paul's arm as we journeyed inside.  He loves watching operations so he took much joy in watching the live feed of my procedure.    Afterwards, we lunched at Ruby Tuesdays.  This experience was memorable.  Paul asked one of the waiters to sing for me (his voice was similar to Ricardo Montalbán) and I was definitely a happy camper. 

I love being able to see.  I can swim without worry (i.e. bumping into people or paying lots of money for prescription goggles).  I can see trees and colors clearly. Details are so much more important to me. Most of all, I enjoy not having to order contacts and wear glasses.  My glasses were so expensive, because of the high prescription. 

I feel as if I have a new lease on life.  The past few years, I have prayed for some remarkable changes to occur.  Slowly, as I stay true to myself and open to the offerings of life, my prayers are materializing.   Everything is possible.