Monday, June 9, 2008

do you have your mother's eyes?

i don't. my eyes are hazel. my mom's are a magnificent blue...like the color of a cloudless sky...the same soft shade of a newborn boy's blanket...or a robin's egg safe in it's nest. they have a unique tranquility to them...and they are stunning. i was so thrilled and proud when my daughter inherited mom's blue eyes.


last week mom received some shocking and scary news...about her eyes. she had noticed some slight changes in her vision and it worried her enough to go in for an exam. while being evaluated it became clear there was a problem. after being rushed to a specialist it was determined that she has acute closed angular glaucoma and was extremely close to blindness. too close. after emergency eye surgery...she and her beautiful baby blues are recovering. it seems that her eyes might not be exactly the same as they used once were, at least in terms of her visual acuity, but only time will tell for sure. to me...they are and will always be...perfect.