Comments on: Gasp

By: Shirley

Shirley — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:19:56 +0000

congrats on the new, clearer, view of the world…and for taking the time to notice the little things…

By: Rob @ Cynic

Rob @ Cynic — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:14:25 +0000

For being the most happy person of the day, I salute you!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:01:01 +0000

Ha ! I’m sorry, i had to laugh when i read you stepped on your glasses, i’m sorry. I’ve done that a few times and the sad part is i was sober when i did it. Being able to see clearly is such a treat that we take for granted sometimes. I got Lasik, a laser procedure, done to my eyes and i no longer need glasses or contacts. It’s so great to be able to roll over 1/2 asleep in bed and be able to see what time it is without squinting or having to get closer to the clock. I also can relate about it taking you longer to get to work because of stopping to look at things maybe you didn’t notice before because you simply didn’t SEE it before and weren’t aware. Very cool, Stewart. -Kathleen

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:47:44 +0000

been there myself Stewart, although it was a looooong time ago, when I was in school. I had glasses to read the board but hated wearing them otherwise. My parents agreed to get me contacts, and I remember walking out of the doctor’s office and the first thing I noticed were the green leaves on the trees. I could never actually see the details before! Absolutely brilliant! So, enjoy your moments of awe and inspiration. Hope it lasts a long time…..

By: Selestial

Selestial — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:07:21 +0000

I meant “Long Island” (New York).

By: Selestial

Selestial — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:05:33 +0000

That happened to me when I first got specs in 1986, after I’d finished high school and was about to go for my driver’s licence. I had always been short-sighted at school but no-one bothered to diagnose it at the time. It explained the headaches, the inability to read the blackboard and almost missing my bus because it would nearly go past by the time I could read the number and hail it.

So I too remember walking out of my opthamologists and looking down city streets and oh!my!god! it was like someone had got out the windex and wiped my eyes clean. But the BEST thing was seeing the stars at night !!!

I now wear contact lenses.
You had your specs when I met you in Log Island in 2002 Steelso. So nearly the whole time that has passed since then is time you had been vision impaired. Time flies.

By: Pipkin Sweetgrass

Pipkin Sweetgrass — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:03:00 +0000

Glad you got your peepers taken care of, shug. And it does make such a difference. I need new specs, too, but cash is tight just now. Everything seems to be breaking down at once from the air conditioning to the microwave. Bleh.

I just love it when you post stuff like this. The new view will be great with the boys, too! I’m sure they have lots of stuff to show their dad.

By: rb

rb — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:23:26 +0000

That’s wonderful you have an appreciation for crisp/clear eye sight Stewart.
Most people aren’t even aware what they’re missing until they’ve had an eye exam and corrective lense prescribed (do I sound like an optometrists wife or what! lol). Enjoy looking at the world through a ‘new view’.
rb

By: CathyP

CathyP — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:35:53 +0000

It is amazing, isn’t it?

Eyesight is such a powerful yet fragile thing. Cherish what you have - every. single. day.