First glasses.

[rug]

[Hoyt]

1. As one who was darn near blind until I got glasses, I can grin with that beautiful baby.

[rug]

2. I had cataract surgery earlier this year and I was right there with this baby.

[Hoyt]

3. I did too, now I can actually see my feet in the shower. Nice.

The cataracts were just barely affecting my vision, but the new lenses have me close to 20/20. Before, I was worse than 20/400 without glasses.

Glad you are doing well. It is a miracle of sorts.

[rug]

4. Amen!

[elleng]

5. 'Now I understand!!!'

[rug]

6. That really is life-changing.

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. I read that Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO

didn't get his first glasses until he was 8. He wears super thick, Coke bottle lenses. When he got his glasses, he could see clouds for the first time. Can you imagine?

[rug]

9. Wow. Did you see the glasses that correct color blindness?

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. I have. It's amazing!

I was surprised that they aren't as expensive as I expected them to be, considering they are new technology. They start at about $350. If Mylan, manufacturers of Epipen, made them they'd probably charge $3500.

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. I always get a kick out of seeing little kids with glasses

So many shapes and colors now. When I got my first glasses at age 9, 50 years ago, I got to choose from 3 frames. THREE!

[NightWatcher]

10. No, no, stop it. Hey! There you guys are

[Orrex]

12. That's about the best thing ever

Who couldn't love the purity of that moment!

[Xipe Totec]

13. That is so tender and sweet! Thank you! nt

[rurallib]

14. I was only slightly older than that when I first got mine

[rug]

15. I got mine in first grade.

Kindergarten was the only class photo without glasses. Thank God I had them.

[rurallib]

16. Quick little story about wearing glasses as a kid

we lived in a university town with a teaching and experimenting hospital. I was @ 9 months when I started wearing glasses. I had lazy eye.

From then until I was @ 10 I was at the clinic @ once a month. The clinic was colored a pukey green and there was nothing to do. I hated it every time I had to go in that room.

Fast forward @ 45 years and our daughter is a biology major and works in a lab at the hospital. She always wanted me to visit her in the lab. So one day I had some time. I drove to the lab that was in an old part of the hospital. Memories started to return. I walked into her lab and I couldn't believe it. Yep, the old examination room.

I told her we needed to go outside. When we got out there I told her why I was acting so strange. Not pleasant memories.

Every time I got checked, my right eye was poked and prodded and filled with drops etc. It was like torture to me. At the end my left eye would be covered so my right eye would work harder. The another month with one eye covered........

[rug]

17. That gave me chills.