Yesterday afternoon I had a phone call from someone I mentor who has RP, and recently lost a lot of sight. She's only 16 but she's really lovely and we've been buddies for a couple of months. My other half gets on well with her dad so we eventually decided that they should come to our place for dinner. When they got here I was given a big box of chocolates that she decided to go get and had picked out herself, navigating around the shop and talking to the assistants. Her dad was so proud of her and honestly, so was I. She's only been in this situation for a few months and she' s better than I was after years.

So in the end she came in the kitchen and helped make food, and we sat down and had a big pasta dinner and sat around drinking hot chocolate afterward. Hot chocolate is a passion we share and it was awesome. She was a bit emotional about her first christmas without sight but I think we are getting our heads around it, and it is nice to just be involved with such a bright young person.

I don't celebrate being blind like some people do. It doesn't make me special, I didn't like it when it happened and I don't like it now, but when this sort of thing happens it is great. I hope this doesn't come off as tooting my own horn but I will take what I can get from the situation, and if that's what I can get, life is good.