He causes the blind to see

  I got contacts!

  I am not technically blind.  But I am legally blind, and I refuse to take off my glasses in public because I hate the helpless feeling I get when I can't see.  I have to trust someone a lot to take off my glasses with them, which is why a good optometrist is so important.

  I have had glasses for nine years.  I hate things touching me, hate plastic rims on my face, and hate the dependency I have on those things.  I can't take them off, and when I do, they're always inches away.  (In the morning sometimes, I drop them.  Then I have to blindly find my mama or wait for someone, hopefully her, to walk in and help me.)  Another downside of my nearsightedness is that no one can really see my eyes.  First, people are distracted by the glasses.  Then, my eyes are made small by the lenses (like a backwards magnifying glass).

  So what do I think of contacts?  They're freaking amazing!  A bit difficult to put in but easy to take out, and I can't feel them at all.  Do you know what that means?

  If I don't think about it, I have perfect vision.  I feel like a normal person, and I can SEE!  I LOVE IT!!!

  Sure, I only just got them, so they do irritate after I wear them awhile.  Then there's the process of putting them in, which is annoying after a dozen or so tries, but I'm stubborn, and every hit-and-miss makes me angry, so I keep trying until I get it.  Like playing Zelda.

  I used to pray that God would heal my vision.  And I know He did, even if He did it with Acuvue Oasis instead of a flash of bright light and thunder.  How do I know He did it?  I have astigmatism like my daddy, and his eyes are so sensitive.  Plus, the idea of touching his own eye bothers him immensely.  I am blessed with being able to put them in with barely a flinch; blinking is reflex, but I'm not consciously disturbed.  And it doesn't hurt!  That's God.

  Now I just need to get the money to keep them.  They're disposable because the kind you can keep give people infections, so they don't make them anymore.  I have to throw mine out every 2 weeks or a month (I forget).  So I'm hoping that I can give up Christmas and maybe my birthday in April for these...