My Eyes are Pink and Painful

I was 54 years old before I contracted double pink eye – conjunctivitis in both eyes. And it sucks. Woke up this morning with nasal congestion and that weird weepy need to depressurize feeling in my left eye. I thought it was sinuses. Blew my nose, drank a hot beverage and it was no better. […]

The Eyes Have It: Revealing the Truth About Growing Up With Eye Disorders

Content Note: disability, bullying, child neglect, resilience, superheroes, body neutrality This is my school photo from late September 1975. I was four years old, in kindergarten. If you squint, you can just see my protruding eyes and the beginning of my lazy eye. I had glasses (and the patch) soon after. But here I look […]