Overview
- He writes that he felt guilty about becoming a father because he feared blindness would stop him doing what he saw as the duties of a 'proper dad.'
- He recalls being jolted when young Sophie asked, 'You can't find the cup, Daddy? Because your eyes are broken?' marking her first clear recognition of his blindness.
- He explains that his sight loss stems from retinitis pigmentosa and that he long worried about passing the genetic condition to his child.
- He reports that Sophie, now 13, shows no symptoms, saying the 'coin landed favourably' and noting that if she does not have it, she cannot pass it on.
- He says he has made peace with his early guilt, adds that his daughter does not mind what he cannot do, and describes using technology to get detailed descriptions of photos of her.