The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane
made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and, using her hands to feel the location
of the seats, walked down the aisle and found the seat he'd told about was empty. Then she settled
in, placed her briefcase on her lap and rested her cane against her leg. It had been a year since
Susan,34,became blind. Due to medical misdiagnosis she had been rendered sightless, and she was
suddenly thrown into a world of darkness, anger, frustration and self-pity. And all she had to
cling to was her husband, Mark. Mark was an air force officer and he loved Susan with all his heart.
When she first lost her sight, he watched her sink into despair and was determined to help his wife
gain the strength and confidence she needed to become independent again. Finally, Susan felt ready
to return to her job, but how would she get there? She used to take the bus, but was now to
frightened to get around the city by herself. Mark volunteered to drive her to work each day, even
though they worked at opposite ends of the city. At first, this comforted Susan, and fulfilled
Mark's need to protect his sightless wife who was so insecure about performing the slightest task.
Soon, however, Mark realized the arrangement wasn't working. Susan is going to have to start taking
the bus again, he admitted to himself. But she was so fragile, so angry——how would she react?