My First Glimpse Of Vision Loss: Watching My Mother Fade

A middle aged woman sitting in a dim room with a cup in front of her looking sad

The quiet beginning of a journey I didn’t know I’d be taking Before I ever heard the words “macular degeneration” from my own doctor, I had already seen what vision loss could do to someone. I had lived with it—not directly, but through the eyes of my mother. And though I didn’t realize it at … Read more