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how the glasses work, but what I know is this: the more he wears the glasses, the more vibrant the colors will become. Somehow, the glasses train the brain to perceive colors more accurately. They filter light to alleviate the red/green color cone sensitivity overlap that leads to color confusion.

Gene wore his glasses as we drove to Chattanooga last weekend, and occasionally pointed to the side of the road and said, “Look at that!” We passed an orange “Construction Ahead,” sign, and he stared at it and said, “That sign is fluorescent orange!”

All I can do is smile and say, “Yes, it is!”

I can’t wait for Gene to wear his glasses this spring, when our flowerbeds erupt with painted peonies, forsythia that the locals call, “yellow bells,” purple wisteria and phlox, and so much more. I can’t wait to stand before them all with Gene, point, and say, “Wow, look at that!”

And for the first time ever, he’ll see what I see.