August 26, 2021

Precious Little Bug Face

I have a great-grandson with 1P36 Deletion Syndrome. When he was very young his white glasses on his baby face made him look like a little bug. Even with glasses he couldn’t see well. He is four now, and a recent operation fixed his eyes–a great blessing. But I miss that precious little bug face. […]

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Ol’ Squareframes

I call my glasses this because I have had them for almost 5 years now, and over these 5 years I have put them through hell. I bought them the year I moved here to New Mexico from Massachusetts, around 2009. They have been right there with me, sitting right on my face, for 3

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Delight in Destruction

I have two older brothers with perfect eyesight who found delight in destruction. A pair of glasses rarely lasted six months. Even so, I remember one pair of glasses especially well. The frames were tortoiseshell-colored. And they saved my life….We all had our pellet guns with us, so we decided to play ‘war.’.…We took our

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Myope

I pretended that I couldn’t see to drive at night during my exam to be prescribed glasses that I don’t need. I love wearing my weak, little glasses and fooling the world. I get so turned on by the thought of being tested and getting caught, having my glasses snatched off of my face, and

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