A Brush With Darkness
by Lisa Fittipaldi
What happens when you lose your sight? How do you feel? What do you feel? How do you go on?
Lisa Fittipaldi lost her sight. It was unexpected, unplanned. She was thrust into a world without sight and suddenly everything was different. Even the simplest acts, like brushing her teeth, became an overwhelming ordeal, one event among countless others that had to be relearned and conquered. It was her husband who put paints and brushes in her hands and told her to go with it. I suspect she had painted before, or at least expressed an interest, but this was different. This was learning to paint when she did not even know how to walk.
Lisa Fittipaldi articulated so many of my experiences. I could relate to her trials and tribulations, her awarenesses, her triumphs and failures. Yet I was born that way, always having to learn to do things my way, all the while dealing with people who just do not get it.
This book is inspirational. A must-read for anyone who has lost their sight, or hearing, a finger, a leg, or anything else that others may label a disability. You just may find an inner strength that makes you even better.
“Being blind is like being blond. It just is.” (p. 125)
As I See It 
I never knew that you were blind at 1500 until you would
Not walk w/me right before you left for NYC. Amazing.!
You had no sight or some sight? You raised two children, worked FT, write, cook, draw, play chess, read full time, walk! What don’t you or did not do?
How much parental assist growing up, your personal motivation? Did King Charles know on your first date?
Signed one duly impressed, Sally😊🌺🌹🍀😇🎈🌈😪👍😃
Sally – I have very limited vision, born that way. I was raised to pretend to see. I never had any assistance of any kind – no magnifiers, etc., and of course, there was no technology like audiobooks, etc., way back when. The only thing I didn’t do was attend large events – anything where I might be expected to recognize people in a crowd. So no graduations, no wedding, etc.
Far from amazing. It’s just my life.