Jonathan is near sighted. We've known that since last summer, but I've been dragging my feet on taking him into the eye doctor, because I've read that kids who wear glasses end up with much worse vision than kids who don't -- and that matches my own experience. Anyway, we've been monitoring Jonathan, making sure his eyesight isn't getting in the way of school work or activities, checking that he can still see the board, stuff like that. At the beginning of this month, his English teacher rotated the room around so that he was at the back of the class, and he reported that he couldn't see assignment instructions anymore -- he had to wait for the teacher to read them, then quickly write down what he heard.
Anyway, so much for eyesight not getting in the way of school work. We contacted the teacher and requested that she move him up a couple of rows, if possible, and she was happy to do so within the day.
Then Thursday, I finally took Jonathan into an eye doctor, who officially diagnosed Jonathan as being near sighted (myopic). His vision is fine otherwise. The eye doctor then explained our options. He confirmed what I had understood: for kids who are myopic, wearing glasses will accelerate the myopia. That is, if Jonathan gets glasses and wears them, his vision will just get worse and worse, faster. However, if he doesn't get glasses, his vision will still probably get worse and worse, just not as fast. Contacts, on the other hand, have been shown to slow myopia, but who is going to suggest contacts for a seven year old?
In the end, the eye doctor recommended managing Jonathan's vision the way we have been: no intervention as long as it isn't affecting his schoolwork. Now that his eyesight may be affecting school, the doctor suggests either continuing to do what we've done (i.e. no intervention, except asking the teacher to please move him up a row when possible), or possibly getting a pair of glasses for Jonathan to wear only when he needs them. Jonathan should never wear them at home, for example. There's nothing good enough on TV to require glasses, he said.
Anyway, that's where we stand with Jonathan and his eyesight. But that's not really where I wanted to go with this post. Basically, the last few paragraphs are a long introduction, setting the background for the real reason for this post, which is my amazing discovery. Within the last 24 hours, I have discovered a fool-proof way to look amazing every time you walk past a mirror. I have! Read on.
Yesterday, I was exercising in my basement, dancing in front of the TV. As the rim of my glasses started slipping off my nose, I recalled what the eye doctor had said: "There's nothing good enough on TV to require glasses." So I took mine off. I couldn't really see the dancing game so well after that -- the arrows became floating blobs on the screen. But I could make them out well enough to continue. And actually, it was pretty fun seeing the world in blob form. Me, I've been wearing glasses religiously since I was about seven, and my myopia is four or five times worse than Jonathan's by now. But dancing in the basement, I could function -- no problem -- without them.
So I kept them off. All day yesterday I wandered around home without glasses, seeing the world in fuzzy colors rather than the sharpness of detail. You don't need glasses to fold laundry, or make up a batch of granola, or even to read a book in the afternoon. Who knew?
And here was the best part. Every time I walked by a mirror without my glasses on, I could see that the woman who was my reflection had flawless skin. Without glasses, I couldn't see a single mole or pimple on my face, much less small wrinkles or wide pores. Instead, I saw just these big blurry dark eyes looking out at me from my glowing skin. And my hair! My hair was smooth -- I literally couldn't see a single strand out of place. In its new fuzziness, it looked full of health and volume. And best of all, while standing between the mirror and the window with my glasses off, I looked really slim. No more belly bulge for me. Actually, if everyone had -5 vision in both eyes, I could totally be a model. A super model. I looked that good.
Today? I kept the glasses off in the morning, but I needed them in church to read the music while I played the piano. And now, I can't see my computer screen without them, so they're still on. However, I'm thinking I may take them off again when I'm done here, and go and gaze at my beauty.
Awesome.
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