Right on, Brad! I'm certainly in that place. Blindness sucks the big 
one! What a long awful trip it's been! I want to see so bad I can taste it!!


Welcome back Brad,

Just plain Mari right now.


On Monday 6/4/2007 10:40 AM, MV said:

>Kathy and all,
>
>I've got a blind friend and we got to talking a few years back about 
>seeing again or not. He honestly, and with conviction said if he had 
>the choice to see again or not, he'd choose not as his life has 
>adjusted to it. Friends, job, the way he does things, everything. 
>I've never truely understood that. I understand it from the point of 
>comfort zone in where one is presently at in life, but frankly I 
>don't understand it in the heart and what it would mean. The other 
>day my wife and I were saying grace over the meal and my daughter 
>walked up just as I said... "thanks Lord for the provision you've 
>given" and she didn't hear the "pro" part and said... "Vision?" 
>questioningly, new word :), and I said. "No kiddo, if  it were 
>vision I'd be scaling our six foot fence jumping all around and you 
>probably wouldn't see me for a month". I've often told my wife if 
>that day comes? I can see again, I'm jumping in a car and traveling 
>this country for a month straight no matter what the cost.
>
>I have thoughts on why folks embrace it as  such, especially when it 
>comes to God,  healing possibilities, when it doesn't happen and 
>beliefs  that follow and etc. but they are probably best not 
>mentioned on list as to not hurt or offend anyone.
>
>And. Its good to be back on list... I missed all you E stinkers. hahahaha
>
>Babababababababababbababb babblin Brad