The Magic of Skye-Bear

How a service dog transformed the trauma of my blindness into a gift

When you learn to listen to the silence, you learn to live in a whole new way

When I lost my sight, I nearly gave up on everything I loved, including my family and friends. My dreams faded into the darkness that consumed my vision. I stopped writing, drawing, and hiking among the trees. Along with my failing vision, my spirit was also fading into a dark void from which there seemed to be no escape.

Then, I discovered, mostly through the insight of Skye-Bear, that my life had not ended; it had just begun.