tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739779703985216985.post1089215175868231495..comments2021-03-02T18:28:25.904-05:00Comments on See the Distance: Dear EyepatchAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16553927095952019115noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739779703985216985.post-80826178873686885382014-02-06T14:17:02.637-05:002014-02-06T14:17:02.637-05:00Thank you for this post. I just happened on your ...Thank you for this post. I just happened on your site after a quick search and feel so many of those same feelings you do about the damn patch. Like you, I think I was in denial at first. How could I put this patch on my perfect little baby. I felt guilty, worried, stressed. I cried, he cried and it's been an emotional roller coaster. My son was born with Corectopia. There are no support groups for this. I have looked. So finding blogs like yours give me comfort in knowing other moms feel the same as me. Thank youoleanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726300785488132985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739779703985216985.post-25356123650237866422013-08-15T13:52:21.963-04:002013-08-15T13:52:21.963-04:00Well said! While our journey has been slightly dif...Well said! While our journey has been slightly different and a whole lot shorter with the eye patch, I agree whole-heartedly.... please see past the cute patch and see the beautiful girl, please don't call her a pirate! It's only been a year, but I'm definitely not the same mom who placed the fabric patch over her glasses that first day in July (thanks to lots of imom support)! <br />I agree with Missy... let's have a patch burning ceremony... maybe a symbolic one in OeyeO 2014?!?Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08946268409134013977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739779703985216985.post-1796875054865535812013-08-15T13:26:47.737-04:002013-08-15T13:26:47.737-04:00Well written... As always. To think back to where ...Well written... As always. To think back to where we started, to now, it just feels like forever.<br /><br />This was an emotional read for me. I felt all of those things with you. I am sure it was difficult to write too. Thanks for sharing. <br /><br />I think that the whole thing is such a mixed bag of emotions. I think I have it figured out most days now. I know how to handle it, and then Austin starts to get very angry with passersby that call him a pirate. And it is like a gut punch. He is getting to be old enough to start having those feelings. <br /><br />It is such a crazy thing to look back. I re-read some of my old posts. I was crying and amazed that I survived. I mean... If you haven't done that recently, I suggest it. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353348563867255015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739779703985216985.post-80214918284554627512013-08-15T13:17:49.673-04:002013-08-15T13:17:49.673-04:00I think a patch burning ceremony is in order when ...I think a patch burning ceremony is in order when we are all done. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353348563867255015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739779703985216985.post-10103394291383566382013-08-14T21:04:57.677-04:002013-08-14T21:04:57.677-04:00WELL written! (as always...)
Love the picture tim...WELL written! (as always...)<br /><br />Love the picture timeline, as well. I can't believe how tiny he was with the decorated patch. It seems silly to look back when they first started patching,doesn't it? I think about how naive I was when I put that first one on. A totally different person, not an imom at all. <br /><br />I also get very frustrated when the EYE is all people notice. Check out the awesome kid! <br /><br />You did an amazing job of documenting the emotional journey that this has been. You kept it real. <br /><br />Can't wait to see the follow up post to this in a few years-who knows what it will say then! Possibly, "You're done, eyepatch!"gloverfamilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10494979447834066314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739779703985216985.post-9593055782533425942013-08-14T20:46:34.474-04:002013-08-14T20:46:34.474-04:00It's true! Why CAN'T people see past the ...It's true! Why CAN'T people see past the freakin patch?! That sums everything up. At this point in my journey, I think this is the hardest thing to deal with. Knowing (or maybe not knowing at all) how people will treat him because of the PATCH... the patch that should not, will not define who he is. I also feel that this journey has taught me so much... and taught me how to look past the.... wheelchair, speech impediment, illness, the list goes on. Thank-you for this perspective, and thank-you for throwing down the imom challenge! I can't wait to see the rest of the!Em Sid Ad and Toms momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327943474203169546noreply@blogger.com