As I became a child, I appeared as to look normal, behave, and have nothing wrong with me besides a scar on my forehead. Deep down inside, am I legitimately the same? As it turns out, I am much different than the world believes to be. Imagine having void depth perception, with the possibility that I might never be able to drive. How will I get around places that are miles and miles away? The questions keep building for what I am able to do. Being blind out of eye become difficult as a toddler and as I continued to grow up, but how I overcame these challenges changed me forever.
    

Being the second born I looked completely fine, until the doctors told my parents that I had been born blind out of one eye. It happens to be called “Morning Glory” Anomaly, or Syndrome. The doctors said that my optic nerve had not fully connected in the back of my head, making me blind almost completely, over 90%. My parents did not know what do, so they attempted to go to the University of Michigan (even though we dislike them) to see what they could do for me. The first idea ended up applying something like an eyepatch over my left eye, which is the one I can see out of. I ended up lashing out, and screaming tremendously. The doctors tried others, like drugs or similar stuff, but nothing worked. The doctors at Michigan said they did not know what to do, so we left, looking for more answers that we never found. This chose to be difficult for my parents. After a while, they refused to attempt any more, making me blind out of eye for the rest of my life.
    

Growing up I had been forming into an entirely different child from being blind out ofone eye. I had been told I couldn’t play sports like baseball and football and hockey, but I participated in them anyways. Well, not football, just because I didn’t have an interest at playing that sport. I started playing baseball around the age of three, and started playing hockey when I turned six. I adored the idea of playing these sports, and I will not let this disease deny my opportunity to play these sports. However, I had never been the all star baseball player, based off the fact that I swing left-handed. That means that my left eye (the one that has vision) is farther away from where I am looking, giving me a large disadvantage. Although that may be the case, I still had the passion to play, and would do anything to get out there and play again.
    

The answer to how I overcame things I wanted to do became so clear. I needed to work harder, and I would get to where I need to go. I have to Challenge myself and push me to my limits to achieve my goals in life. If it’s what I actually want in life, I will be challenged more than the average person. When I come to my senses and realize what I, a boy with Morning Glory Syndrome, want to do in life, it’s not going to be easy. Nobody said life would be easy for anyone. Unless you happen to be Donald Trump, and inherit over 100 million dollars. Because I am not Trump, life is going to be a challenge, and I am overcoming it by working harder than the others. Also, when I finally figure out what I want to do in life, I will not give up until I reach my destination.
  

Living blind out of an eye is tough for anyone to endure, just like me. I still have trouble with basic tasks and trouble in sports, but this is starting to become better for me. Although I am still struggling with challenges, I have grown to have some advantages as well. My lack of vision has given me the opportunity to see how the world genuinely is. Not everything is perfect, and the world is a disturbing place. Also, because my vision is only half there, the energy is put to my brain, allowing me to remember some and learn quicker. Because of these advantages and disadvantages, I have become the person I am today. The overall lesson and how I am overcoming my challenges will be reiterated continuously  until it sticks inside of my head.

As Bear Grylls once said "Survival can be summed up into three words -never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying."