Howdy! A little about me...I will start with some personal stuff about me. I was born hearing impaired and received my first pair of hearing aids at age two. Then at the end of my senior year I found out that I have Usher Syndrome, progressive hearing and vision loss. I now only have central vision, so if you were to look into two toliet paper rolls that is how I see every day. I have no idea what is going to happen with my vision; every time I go to the doctor they give me a different answer. I had to quit driving and playing sports. I should be using a cane all the time but I don't like using it and I just run into things and trip instead of helping myself. I know that is not good but I hate how people stare at me in this small town. I will get over sooner or later. I just got back from China volunteering in a foster home for blind children for two months. That was the experience of a lifetime! I want to go back next year. I miss the children so much! Because of my syndrome I live every day as it comes because I don't know what to expect. I don't know when I will loss more vision or if I will go completely blind or not. Toss of the coin...won't know until it happens. I just soak up the beauty around me and hope that I don't loss it all because I don't know how I would survive without seeing the ocean, lakes, rives, mountains, faces of love ones...I could go on but I think you get the picture. On a good note, I am attending Peninsula College to get my AA and I am a para-educator sub in the school district working with children with disabilities and behavioral problems. Some of my dreams can't come true because of my disabilities but I'm coming up with new ones that I wish to achieve. I don't take things for granted; I have lost too many things that I did take for granted. I'm grateful for what I have in my life and live each day as it comes.
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