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What My Father Left behind

by janet perez eckles

At 13 years of age, my parents and I visited an ophthalmologist. As I sat in the examining chair, my face firmly on the chin rest and pupils dilated, the doctor looked into my eyes, shining a bright light.”She did inherit it," he said with coldness. "You need to be prepared, there is no cure for this retinal disease.”

My father carried the retinitis pigmentosa gene causing a deterioration of the retina which, in most cases, results in blindness. Although my brother's retinas seemed to be fine, I'd inherited the gene.

Fifteen years after my initial diagnosis, my father began to lose his eyesight and so did I. He was 55 years old, but I was only 28. In a matter of two years, we had both lost our sight completely.

I focused on the effects of my own darkness. My world crumbled as the black curtain fell, destroying the dreams my husband and I had for us and for our three little boys. But when I turned to God for hope and strength, He responded by opening my eyes to a new revelation.

My father had given me not just the Retinitis pigmentosa gene, but the example of determination and tenacity as well. We were all living in Bolivia in 1964 when he defied the family's opposition to move to America. He and Mum worked tirelessly to satisfy the requirements imposed by the U.S. immigration department to enter the country and establish residency.

 

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Dear Tenants,

The closure of the Third Mainland Bridge has to be first item of mention this month. As if life isn’t hard enough!!! I understand it is absolutely chaotic, and all the plans for alternate routes don’t seem to have worked. I guess it’s all for a good cause in the long run. Just wished it could be managed better.

We in FilmoRealty will be closing an hour earlier during this period of the bridge being closed.

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We welcome Mr & Mrs James Carman of CAT
Construction Grp Ltd. to flat 11 Michael VI.

We say farewell to Mr Bratt Ditum of Dizen Goff
of flat 3 Michael VI. .....

 

 

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