The light pools in wobbly squares in the back yard, as my eyes strain into the darkness, waiting for a shape to appear. The contrast between the streaming light from the breakfast nook and the darkness of the night play tricks on my eyes, as I peer for Suzy, our black lab, to mosey in from a corner of the yard. While I wait, I feel the cold night air on my skin and inside my lungs. I scan back and forth, but find myself mostly watching the patches of light, because that is where I will know I’ve seen her, not tricked by a branch dancing in the wind beyond my scope of vision. <\/p>\n
I’m struck by how the darkness blurs the edges of what is illuminated. Even when we think we see something, we believe it to be so – it can be something else completely. It’s easier to decide – right or wrong – than to live in the blurry, undefined edges. <\/p>\n
I had my one-year exam today for my Lasik-ed eyes; my vision is perfect, and it’s been 20 years since anyone’s said that. I have some challenges adjusting between close-up and distance, but that’s just part and parcel with being almost 40. Some things are clearer, others are not, and having excellent vision is only part of that equation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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