Melanie is lucky to have you to help her through her transition into 
blindness. I can only imagine how hard that transition is.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Buddy Brannan
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:11 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: sighted wife

Steve, man, you said it all right there. I happen to be very lucky and =
very blessed with a marriage that works. In a bit of irony, my wife =
Melanie is now legally blind, and she has some other disabilities that =
severely limit her mobility. That means that, along with being the tech =
support jack of many trades at Serotek, I also cook and help melanie =
into bed and a whole host of other things. There'd be more things if she =
didn't have a personal care attendant in several days a week. In a bit =
of irony, as I was saying, Melanie's last nearly husband (she sensibly =
called it off) told her he wouldn't mind so much if she were in a =
wheelchairr someday, which was, even then, a distinct possibility she =
knew about. She also knew that blindness was a possibility. He told her =
that if she was going to go blind, they may as well not get married, =
because he couldn't lead her around all the time. So she meets me at a =
time when she wasn't yet legally blind. Her vision did deteriorate by =
considerable, especially over the past couple years. But we both are =
amused that this guysaid that, but then she marries me, and who leads =
whom around now? Tangentially, she is really a pretty awful blind =
person=85the adjustment has been very hard for her, but I think the =
physical limitations are even worse. I sure wouldn't swap with her given =
the choice. But the thing is, sure, we both think it would be easier if =
we didn't have whatever it is we do have, but we've got what we've got, =
we complement each other's strengths, and we love each other very much. =
These are the important things. Theother things are secondary.
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY