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Cindy Sawyer's avatar

Oh man, the way this essay started out with so much fun. I didn’t expect the turn that it took or the tears that it brought to my eye.

kelly's avatar

Well you can keep them forever. they take up very little space physically but very big space emotionally.

Adam Sawyer's avatar

I like the way you think, Kelly :-)

kelly's avatar

Thanks Adam. i should schedule a nature trail walk with you! and my friend who loves to walk in nature!

Adam Sawyer's avatar

That would be great :-)

Proudwhitewoman's avatar

I'm nearsighted wear glasses and have since I was a very young girl. I'm not ashamed to wear them and wear them all the time n I love how they look and feel on me and get complimented on my glasses all the time. My husband loves how I look in glasses too.

Denise Donohue's avatar

I think it might help to revisit the essay and read it all the way through, because it isn’t actually about loving or not loving glasses. The opening uses glasses as a starting point, but the heart of the piece is about loss and the grief tied to something a loved one picked out before passing. The decision to keep them is part of a healing process. Reading the full essay gives the deeper context behind that connection.