I had spent months asking what had been taken from me.

It felt good to ask what I might build next.

PART 21

A year earlier, I would have described our home as the safest place in the world because Colton knew where I kept everything.

Now I began to make it safe for myself.

I labeled cabinets with tactile markers that helped even when the light was poor.

I installed brighter, adjustable lamps and rearranged the studio so I could move without relying on memory alone.

Leah helped me find an orientation specialist who treated my changing vision as a practical challenge rather than a personal tragedy.