Sight Not Needed

Author: Sight Not Needed

  • You’re Going To Be A Dad

    You’re Going To Be A Dad

                  “A girl?” I questioned. “Are you sure? On a scale of one to ten, how sure are you that it’s a girl?”               “See that bone right there? And one there? And that one there?” She asked my wife as she manipulated the ultrasound wand. “That is definitely a girl.”               Just a few…

  • Finishing Well

    Finishing Well

    “I just want to finish well.” I blurted out, speaking of the turbulent chapter in my life. “Wait, what?” My pastor friend queried, sliding his notepad in front of him. “I need to write that down. That’s how I’m going to wrap up my sermon. What did you just say?” I slowed down a bit…

  • Can You See Me Now?

    Can You See Me Now?

                  “No work, no driving, no school until further notice.”  My eye doctor told me.  “This doesn’t just happen, he quietly said as he turned to my mother who had taken me to the appointment.  “If you have any headaches or dizziness, go to the emergency room immediately.”               Later that night, I was on…

  • Did You Hear That?

    Did You Hear That?

                  So often, well intentioned friends, family, or even complete strangers will ask me if I heard that or will tell me that my hearing has improved because I lost might sight. Funnily enough, proponents of my supposed, super-hearing often tell those around me how I am blind so my ears are so much better…

  • The Next Thing I Will See

    The Next Thing I Will See

                  “You… Lost… Your… Vision…?” The friendly, professional customer service representative asked when I nonchalantly mentioned my recent loss as I was calling in to inquire about any discounts or ways to bring down my cell phone bill. She asked with so much shock, emotion, and disbelief in her voice, I thought she was going…

  • 500 Feet That Shaped Her Future

    500 Feet That Shaped Her Future

                  At times, it would have been so easy to think, I’m not going to get a workout today or this is going to be a huge waste of time. I could murmur to myself, “I’m hot” or, “I’m bored” and nobody would even hear me. Alternatively, with a different perspective, the right perspective, I…

  • Can You See Jesus?

    In just two short days, the world went almost completely dark. With absolutely no warning or even to this day, no known cause or prognosis, my eyesight went from relatively normal and functional to nearly non-existent and certainly unusable for most tasks. As life so often does, it just kept going. I still had bills…

  • Give God Your Awl

    Give God Your Awl

    After years of many different people suggesting I should learn to read Braille, I finally admitted to myself that I am, indeed THAT blind. I found a resource center for the blind that offers remote learning options and enrolled in their Braille Literacy course. I look forward to again having the ability to study the Bible,…

  • The Comment That Changed My Life Forever

    The Comment That Changed My Life Forever

    ***SPOILER ALERT: This post may spoil details in future posts but I wanted to write down a bit of what began almost four years ago. If this site were a book, this would be the dedication to my amazing wife, Ona Shockingly, she was still single… I knew her from the college group at the…