The other day I noticed that even though she was sitting just across from Liam at the table, she walked around the table to stand next to him in order to see his picture. It happened three times – Liam would say “look Skyler” and she would look up and then say “wait, let me see” and then would walk around to get a better look. I started conducting my own experiments (never a great idea and a sure fire way to panic), and she could not see the clock, the pictures on our wall, or any details until she got very close. So we booked a doctor appointment (my 9th in three weeks) and off we went. After 4 hours of waiting, testing, moving offices, waiting and more testing, it turns out that our sweet girl has astigmatisms in both eyes and is seeing the world as though looking through a curved mirror. In hindsight, I can think of so many little clues and I feel so sad that I did not realize sooner. For example, looking out the window in the car, she always seems to have a hard time spotting things that we all can see right away. Reading books in bed, she is constantly pulling the book to her face and cries when she doesn’t get to hold it saying “I can’t see!”. She misses the last stair coming down from her bedroom and falls at least once a week. There are more and it makes me want to cry and although I know glasses will be a pain (and my incredibly vain side wonders how it will affect how others perceive her), I am so happy that she will finally see the world clearly. She is completely unfazed

by it all and very confidently picked out the purple leopard glasses. She is truly a lesson to us all and her complete and all-encompassing security with herself is something I pray to God every day that she will never lose!!!