Open My Eyes - An Isaac Story. TFIOS.

As much as I wish I could... I can't say I've seen many silver linings since The Day. First reason being that I actually physically cannot see anything due to my lack of eyes. Second reason being that everyone and everything I ever cared about seemed to vanish into thin air as if a magician had been out to get me, or something.

Now let's not get my life confused here. I'm not depressed or incapable to love ever again, at least not because of my blindness. In fact, the emptiness behind my sunglasses is merely a bump in the road of the highway under construction I like to call; my life.

I never used to be like this. You know, "sad blind guy who doesn't think he has a purpose but probably does". I used to have two eyes, and even after that went away, I at least had one. I used to play regular kid video games with my best friend and ride skateboards and make out with beautiful girls. Hell, I might have even considered myself "cool". But things changed, and for a while I never knew where I was going figuratively and literally. With him gone, and with her following quickly after, I personally found it very hard to move forward with my adapting to my new lifestyle. The Day I realized that life was about to be a hell of a lot tougher, I seemed to sink into a slump that was difficult to get out of. The Day, that... retched Day was nothing I would wish upon my worst enemy. Maybe only on cancer itself.

But listen to your mom when she says "things do get better".

It's been two years since The Day, and every day since then has been excruciating. Although, less and less excruciating my days get, I've found. This healing I have been experiencing would still be hidden somewhere where they are keeping my sight, my best friends, and my dignity.. if it weren't for Her.

It is almost as if she physically reached into my dark hole one thousand feet below the Earths surface and pulled my out. I was kicking and screaming the whole time but when I finally felt the sun's warm on my skin that had only known the frigid coldness of what my life seemed to be engulfed in, I felt like I could see. And no not just see... but see the world without even opening my eyelids. The world was in my hands, in my arms, between my fingers, and that was enough for me. She was enough for me.

Sure, I still had the pain of the loss of my best friends weighing on my heart, but the weights were lighter every time she held my hand. The weights disappeared every time I felt her breathe on my shoulders when I had her wrapped in my arms. She took the weights away when she asked about my friends and the stories I made with them. Everytime she said 'I love you' I knew they were smiling. I felt it in her words. I felt myself being better with every word she spoke.

I have my love story with Them, and now I have my love story with Her.

Thank you for reading, everyone. :) I really appreciate it more than you know. If you like it please tell me! Maybe I can keep going, but for now this is it. I love this book, it has changed me for the better, and this is the outcome of my love for Isaac's character. I wanted him to have a happy ending.

xo theflowershop