PRETTY PINK PEOPLE

     The cataract laden lens of the right eye had been replaced and Kat and I left Southern Eye Institute headed to Perkins for a western omelet, pancakes and a side of bacon. I had not eaten since last evening. The eye was safely bandaged with a clear plastic shield and heavily shaded sunglasses. I looked like Blues Brothers meets Pirates of the Caribbean.
     Arriving home, I removed the sunglasses.  Wow! I commented on my brightly distorted optical observations and we let it pass as an aftershock of the surgery…we’ll sleep on it.
     The next morning I awoke to a whole new world, or so it seemed.  Everything was so much brighter, at least through the one ‘new’ eye.  Later, back at Southern Eye for the day after follow up, the explanation was that the cataract had not only troubled the focus but also limited light to the optic nerve.
     By closing first one eye and then the other, I could detect the differences in ‘pink people’ in my right eye and ‘regular’ colored folks in my left. Wait for it…two weeks later.
     The left eye was done and I could see, clearly, from both eyes….brightly. Life was seen in high definition and living color.  Kat, my wife, is gorgeous! 
      In John 9 there is a story of Jesus healing a blind man. The ‘punch line’, by the blind-since-birth man is, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!” JOHN 9:25 NIV
     Kudos to Dr. Schanzer and all her team at Southern Eye Institute and to the LORD, God Almighty, who gave her the abilities to do modern-day miracles.

          “Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God….” LUKE 18:43

 Gardening tip: Placing a plant among other plants so that each may be seen should really be considered as, so that it can be seen five years from now.  It will grow, you know.