Sitting on the Seafront
I was sitting on the seafront with my carer and she was telling me what was going on around us and then she suddenly stop for a moment and the conversation suddenly changed. She told me that I should be grateful that I am only blind and that it was not a life threatening disease such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease or a similar disability. Before I could ask what had caused this sudden change topic she went on to say that she realised blindness had changed my life a lot and then went on to list what I did and did not do now.
at the moment you sit at home doing the following The
- listening to sport on the radio or the Internet
- listening to audiobooks
- listening to music
- and listening to the radio and podcasts
and you would be doing exactly the same if you were not blind. You also
- don’t have to do any shopping
- have an excuse for not matching colours, something you could never do
- plead innocence on misplacing objects like keys and your wallet
have an excuse for not giving people compliments on their looks or fashion sense, something you never did and lest pushed
in my defence
I had to agree with most of what she said but I would probably be watching sports rather than listening to them on the radio but I would not have dared to say that at the time. If I had done blindness would immediately have become life-threatening as she would probably have pushed me under a bus. We then adjourned for a pub lunch and discussed whether there were any hobbies or pastimes I could do to occupy my time, but the jury is still out on that one.
