[Magdalen] Well, whadaya know! - New specs

[Jay Weigel]

S/O has told me of his amazement when he first got his glasses sometime in
early grades. He has pretty bad astigmatism. I've heard the same story from
others, too.

My favorite story is one I witnessed in person. Many years ago, when I
worked in daycare, we got a new little boy named Jarrod,  an adorable
chunky little African-American guy with a husky voice. For the entire first
week he was with us, he just wandered around crying inconsolably. The next
week, his mother came and spent the day with us, helping out in the kitchen
and doing other chores around the center. He stayed close to her but didn't
cling. After that, he was all right and didn't cry all day when she left
him with us. A couple of weeks later he showed up wearing thick glasses,
held in place by an elastic strap. He was all smiles when he greeted us,
and for days he walked around in open-mouthed wonder. At that point, we all
realized that his problem the whole time had been that he couldn't tell
where he was, that we were all blurs, and not only that, we were blurs of
an unfamiliar color! Once his mom had spent time with us, he decided we
were blurs that were all right.

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 12:03 PM, M J [Mike] Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> Congrats, Sally.  And best wishes they end up a success.
>
> The "whadaya know" is that today is Everett's first day at school with his
> first-ever glasses.  Yesterday afternoon when he put them on for the first
> time, he followed my direction to look up.  "Leaves!" he says in
> amazement.  "Yes, my son, trees now have leaves.  And sidewalks now have
> cracks, so walk carefully!"  (The eye doc is just nextdoor to where we
> live.)
>
> As for cost, I hear you Sally.  But at least in our circumstance, my
> vision insurance through the county ( https://www.vsp.com ) has always
> been great, and at least nowadays the more popular frames are actually in
> the "covered" category, so Everett got a stylish set of frames, an exam,
> and an office (to list them backwards) for a grand total of $37.  AND, that
> can happen every year (if need or want be).
>
> Now, my turn for an appointment.  Bi/tri/quad-focals for me.
>