• Here's Looking At You

  • Jul 12 2019
  • Length: 3 mins
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Here's Looking At You

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  • I am not saying I am competitive, but I was 48 when it happened.

     

    He was 50.

     

    By “it” – I mean having to buy reading glasses.

     

    By “him” – I mean my Dad.

     

    The optometrist handled me well. I told him that I was there to confirm I did not need glasses. 

     

    He appropriately and politely ignored me while conducting the exam.

     

    The journey from non-spectacled to bespectacled took less than 30 minutes and did not in fact kill me.

     

    And so, on July 9th 2019 my denial - that my eyes need help reading the newspaper on Sundays - came to an end.

     

    For most of my life, my eyes were superbly sharp. And so, I saw myself as person who would never need glasses.

     

    Now, I can see how silly my complaints about “poor lighting” and my smug attitude of invincibility look.

     

    But, there was an unforeseen gift in the transition this week

     

    As a dyslexic, my typos are legendary in number and the degree of embarrassment they have caused me. 

     

    But from now on, if you see something amiss in my writing – it’s probably because I forgot my glasses.

     

    Here’s looking at you.

     
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