by Lisa Fittipaldi
What happens when you lose your sight? How do you feel? What do you feel? How do you go on?
Lisa Fittipaldi lost her sight. It was unexpected, unplanned. She was thrust into a world without sight and suddenly everything was different. Even the simplest acts, like brushing her teeth, became an overwhelming ordeal, one event among countless others that had to be relearned and conquered. It was her husband who put paints and brushes in her hands and told her to go with it. I suspect she had painted before, or at least expressed an interest, but this was different. This was learning to paint when she did not even know how to walk.
Lisa Fittipaldi articulated so many of my experiences. I could relate to her trials and tribulations, her awarenesses, her triumphs and failures. Yet I was born that way, always having to learn to do things my way, all the while dealing with people who just do not get it.
This book is inspirational. A must-read for anyone who has lost their sight, or hearing, a finger, a leg, or anything else that others may label a disability. You just may find an inner strength that makes you even better.
“Being blind is like being blond. It just is.” (p. 125)
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Legally Blind 