I Love My Glasses

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. […]

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

Many people dread the day they get glasses, for me, it was one of the best days of my life, for it fulfilled a desire I had since I was probably four years old and that was that I WANTED TO WEAR GLASSES! In my immediate family no one that I was aware of wore

I don’t really love my glasses… but I don’t hate them either. I have been wearing glasses since age five (I’m told) so I don’t have any memories of not wearing glasses. They can be a pain in the butt, so if I didn’t need them I would not wear them. Some of the many

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

I’m a librarian. A reader. I identify as a four-eyed person. I’ve always worn glasses. I got my first pair in the second grade. It was a miracle! The blurry world I’d inhabited all my life suddenly came into focus. I could see the blackboard! I could read street signs! I could actually see facial

Sans specs, I’m a total klutz in a world that’s a blur. Reaching for them is the first thing I do each morning and tucking them away in a safe place is the last thing I do before I go to sleep each night. I even wear them when I swim. My glasses are so

I’m going to miss the four-eyed me. My doc assures me that after surgery, I’ll be able to toss my specs. “You’ll be able to see just fine without them!”See without glasses? Me? Are librarians even allowed to do that??Will I be able to throw out my glasses, shed my life-long identity as a four-eyed

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

My son is 11 years old. When he was 2, he was diagnosed with autism and at theage of 7 he received his first pair of glasses. He was excited and chose a pair hefelt made him look like a spy. They had blue frames and made him look veryhandsome.Given his diagnosis, we anticipated some