Acknowledgements

A huge thank you to my husband for constantly supporting my work. To my mother, for her keen eye on the many versions and revisions - this would be an entirely different process without you! To my beta readers, who read my works in their early form, with metaphorical bloomers showing - your feedback is invaluable.

I would also like to thank the clients and staff of the CNIB St. John’s. Sylvia Staples, Jeana Bowen, Kelly Picco, and Kim Thistle-Murphy; thank you for sharing your experiences with vision loss and allowing me to draw from your words to create authenticity. You opened a window to a world I otherwise would have had to create from imagination. Kathleen May, Cindy Antle, and Lynsey Soper, thank you for opening the doors of the CNIB and educating me on the services your organization offers. I so appreciate your generosity with your time.

Thanks, as well, to Dr. Linda Magnusson and Dr. Teri Stuckless for your medical consultation and your enthusiasm for helping my work be as realistic as possible. If anything in the story does not make sense medically, that is wholly based on my lack of attention to detail or failure to ask the right questions. Your help and generosity has been a gift.

Finally, thank you to my readers. You’re the reason I do this. You give me the motivation to keep on. I hope this story has given you hours of enjoyment.