Greetings, everyone. So far in my life good things have happened as well as bad. Pretty normal, right? Well, my story is quite different than most.
I'm a 22 year old male who went legally blind at the age of 11. I attended public school for a couple years after the accident that had caused my blindness (a story for another time). When my school had held me back a year for not being able to read my NWEA test, that's when I thought "Fuck it. Let's check out the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired." I had gone to ISBVI for one week a month the last year I was at my public school. The experience had gone fairly well so I decided to go to ISBVI full time, since they'd be more equipped to accommodate me and my needs. For my experiences at ISBVI, I will go into further detail another time.
I'm an adult now with no current job, living in Indy with my male roommate from ISBVI. I have a girlfriend (very beautiful), twin brother (generous as hell), roommate (practically my brother), and plenty of other people that I talk to every so often. Those three are really the ones that I communicate with the most though. In total, let's say a year, I talk to dozens of people. About 70% of those I talk to several times a year; the 30% are just people I need to talk to to get something done at some sort of event, building, other location, etc. I don't think that's too bad. I do think, however, that I will need to start talking to more people, especially since I am an ordained minister.
Now, this was a personal choice so that I could officiate familial and friendly weddings, or funerals if I needed to. I got ordained online Feb. 19th, 2020. Before it's asked, no I am not particularly religious in the slightest. I now want to use my title of "Minister" to officiate anyone's weddings, funerals, or even wedding counseling. I am still very, very new to all of it and haven't done much with my new title. But, Nov. 13th, 2021, I will be officiating my aunt's wedding! I am so thankful for the opportunity to share this experience with them, and especially to be the one who marries them! I think I am ready for her wedding. I think I am fully capable of officiating it just as well as anyone else... or, at least, I hope.
Thank you to anyone who read all of that. I will make updates sporadically throughout time, so, please, give me a bit of a break on posts.
