Taking a Giant Step...

Wow...is all I can really say!

I just wrote the blog on the fact that faith is being able to take the first step when you can't see the whole staircase...and now here I am having to take that step in the biggest possible way! There is no turning back for me now...I am heading up or is it down the staircase...either way you look at it, I am taking the step of faith...the leap of faith!

I got the call regarding my transplant 14 hours ago...and I will be having my corneal transplant surgery at 10:45 in the morning, yes 8 hours and 45 minutes from now.

Words cannot describe the complexities of thoughts and emotions that I am experiencing. Those who have shared this journey with me know how much I have wrestled with the emotional aspects of this surgery...with taking on another's "vision". Today I was richly blessed by a response from a friend that has carried me through this day and will continue to carry me throughout this journey, because this response touched the essence of who I am. I was understood in a way that most people crave to be understood and was given the supportive words that reached to the depths of my being...the words I needed to hear.

It is your heart and your soul, along with your brain...that is where your vision truly comes from...your sight comes from your eyes...your heart, mind and soul will define the "picture" given to you by just a different aperture...sort of like a camera...any lens will take the picture...the body defines it.

I am an incredibly richly blessed person...I have been given the opportunity for the gift sight...of not losing my sight...and with that and the strength of who I am, the words of wisdom that have touched me so deeply, I will not lose my vision! I am so immensely thankful for the many friends I have...those who have shared and will share this journey with me...those who love me as I am! I am not sure why I deserve to be blessed so richly...but I am thankful that I am. It will be by the Grace of God and the love of friends that will carry me on this journey during the times when I am afraid to walk on my own that I will travel this staircase! I love you all so much!

Carpe diem...seize the day and all the rich blessings it has to offer!