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Chapter Two – Punctured Pride

Freedom

Posted by nancydou59 on Feb 15 2010

The selection couldn’t have been worse. There was only one style in two colors. I was disappointed to say the least, but we did what we had to do…we chose faded pink. Pale, dull, washed-out pink.Dani was about eighteen months old when she got her first pair of eyeglasses. Already clearly disabled, the donning of these spectacles only served to worsen her appearance. She’d undergone surgery to straighten her eyes, but they still crossed and glasses only served to magnify this flaw. I dreaded the thought of putting glasses on my little girl. She was mine, I didn’t ask for them, and they didn’t belong on her. In the grand scheme of things it was minor, but just the thing to put me over the edge…

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