The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young womanwith the white cane made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and, using herhands to feel the location of the seats, walked down the aisle and found the seat hed toldher was empty. Then she settled in, placed her briefcase on her lap and rested her caneagainst her leg.
It had been a year since Susan, thirty-four, became blind. Due to a medicalmisdiagnosis she had been rendered sightless, and she was suddenly thrown into a worldof darkness, anger, frustration and self-pity. Once a fiercely independent woman, Susannow felt condemned by this terrible twist of fate to become a powerless, helpless burden oneveryone around her. "How could this have happened to me？ " she would plead, her heartknotted with anger.
But no matter how much she cried or ranted or prayed, she knew the painful truth hersight was never going to return. A cloud of depression hung over Susans once optimisticspirit. Just getting through each day was an exercise in frustration and exhaustion. And allshe had to cling to was her husband Mark.
Mark was an Air Force officer and he loved Susan with all of his heart. When she firstlost her sight, he watched her sink into despair and was determined to help his wife gainthe strength and confidence she needed to become independent again. Marks militarybackground had trained him well to deal with sensitive situations, and yet he knew this wasthe most difficult battle he would ever face.
Finally, Susan felt ready to return to her job, but how would she get there？ She usedto take the bus, but was now too frightened to get around the city by herself. Markvolunteered to drive her to work each day, even though they worked at opposite ends of thecity.
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