When I was seven years old, things started to become clearer to me. Not because I had this sudden realization that got me to think differently and start seeing the world in a new way. Although, I did start seeing the world in a new way. The reason I started seeing things differently is because when I was seven years old I got my first pair of prescription glasses.
There was quite a bit of a lead up to getting these glasses. My mom started noticing me squinting while watching television. After a few days of my eyes being scrunched up she asked me, “Paige, are you able to see the TV?”. I am going to prepare you for the answer I gave her because to everyone else it sounds really stupid and a little detail that doesn’t really matter. “I can’t see their eyes”, is the response I gave her. I told you it sounds stupid. While watching my favourite shows such as Lizzie McGuire and That’s So Raven it was bugging me that I couldn’t see their eyes and all their facial expressions causing me to squint so that I could make them all out. The next week my mom …show more content…
I’m not going to lie to you. I was nervous. I was already a target for bullies at school and I was afraid that getting glasses would make it even worse. “Hey four eyes” and other insults about glasses started haunting me to the point that I was convinced I wasn’t going to wear them at school. Of course, my mom kept trying to make me feel better. “Nobody will notice Paige, it isn’t that big of a deal anyways.” She said to me in the car because she noticed the look of anxiousness on my face. I remember thinking to myself, “Of course people are going to notice, and it may not be a big deal to you, but I have to wear these things on my face everyday. It’s a big deal!”. Although I was thinking this there was no way I was going to tell her this. She would just say more encouraging things and I would just think of ways that those were not
There was quite a bit of a lead up to getting these glasses. My mom started noticing me squinting while watching television. After a few days of my eyes being scrunched up she asked me, “Paige, are you able to see the TV?”. I am going to prepare you for the answer I gave her because to everyone else it sounds really stupid and a little detail that doesn’t really matter. “I can’t see their eyes”, is the response I gave her. I told you it sounds stupid. While watching my favourite shows such as Lizzie McGuire and That’s So Raven it was bugging me that I couldn’t see their eyes and all their facial expressions causing me to squint so that I could make them all out. The next week my mom …show more content…
I’m not going to lie to you. I was nervous. I was already a target for bullies at school and I was afraid that getting glasses would make it even worse. “Hey four eyes” and other insults about glasses started haunting me to the point that I was convinced I wasn’t going to wear them at school. Of course, my mom kept trying to make me feel better. “Nobody will notice Paige, it isn’t that big of a deal anyways.” She said to me in the car because she noticed the look of anxiousness on my face. I remember thinking to myself, “Of course people are going to notice, and it may not be a big deal to you, but I have to wear these things on my face everyday. It’s a big deal!”. Although I was thinking this there was no way I was going to tell her this. She would just say more encouraging things and I would just think of ways that those were not