I remember standing in the school nurse's little white tiled room and covering my eye with a brown plastic thing and not being able to read a single letter on the chart she was showing me. I also remember how my mom thought I was faking. She even tested me with a homemade eye chart and got mad at me when I failed it. She thought I wanted glasses because they were cool. Yeah mom, because all the pop stars and athletes wear thick framed coke bottle glasses. Okay there was Buddy Holly, but he's an exception.
(PS - I own a sweater almost identical to this one.)Probably my most distinct memory of that entire experience though was after I visited the optometrist and picked up my new glasses. I came out of the store and was so excited because the trees had individual leaves that I could actually see. I had always thought they were just green blobs until that very moment.
The past couple of days have been an equally eye-opening experience for me. It's like I saw certain aspects of my life as green blobs. That's what they were and there was no changing it. But now, with the help of a wonderful, cute new pair of 'glasses' I realized how wrong I was. You don't have to be in a Hollywood romantic comedy to find a guy who is unabashadly adoring and sweet. I think that every girl deserves this amazing feeling and clarity. If not for the knowledge than at least for the pure giddiness that it brings. And now, no matter how hard anyone else tries to convince me...I'm not going back to thinking that green blobs are a reality. Because I am finally seeing things crystal clear, and I like what I'm seeing.
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