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A Blind Man’s Car

2 July 2010

One of the hardest adjustments I’ve had to make is the loss of my independence because I can no longer drive. I haven’t given up my license yet because of my hope that something might change but that’s a pretty slim hope at best. Then there’s my car.

I have an SUV that I used in my business. My wife drives a car. I’ve argued that we need to keep the SUV for when we travel. We have a dog that usually goes with us and she’s not a small dog either at 50 pounds. Traveling is much easier with the SUV.

Then there’s the MUCH nicer stereo in the SUV that I don’t want to give up on trips. But my wife is reasonably arguing that we need the money we’d get from selling the SUV, not to mention the savings on insurance. So I guess I’m going to be saying goodbye to the car I’ve driven since 2004. Just one more casualty of vision loss I guess.

I don’t mean to sound whiny but this is all very hard!