"You look beautiful"

Nov 17th 2012

"You look beautiful"

Sometimes we are lucky enough to hear these words, and what a nice compliment.  But never have those words sounded so beautiful or meant so much as when I hear them from my blind son!  Since Josh, age 8, was born totally blind and wears 2 prosthetic eyes, he has never seen a thing.  Nothing! 

To him it is normal.  But to him, he can see.  His dad, sister and I don't correct him because we know that he does see, just not in the same way that we do.  His sister Hannah is an amazing artist and will draw a picture and then ask me to come look at it.  Josh will run over to her and say "Oh Hannah that is gorgeous!"  and he means it!  He can be very funny though too, like when he puts his face up to your and you ask him "Josh, what are you doing?" and he says, "staring at you!"

But imagine a world where people would never judge someone for the color of their skin, their weight, clothes, etc.  Envision a world where people are judged off how they make you feel, their energy, their aura some call it.  That is what Josh's world is like. 

I hate it when people meet him, or I tell them about him and they get that sad look on their face.  "No,"  I say, "it isn't sad!  Spend one day with my son and you will know that you are the one who is disabled!"