Issue 21.10
If you had to choose one thing, what would you say is the most beautiful thing in the world?
Each one of us sees the world and the things in it differently. A sunrise on the beach, a view from a mountain top or a tiny desert flower just as it blooms. What about the ten tiny toes of a newborn baby, your daughters face as she’s ready to walk down the aisle or your tiny sons’ eyelashes on his cheek as he drifts off to sleep. So many things to consider, how could you ever choose?
Maybe it’s your golf ball as it rolls into the cup for a hole in one, the baseball as it flies over the left field fence to score the winning run or the yellow tape tightly strung across the road at the end of the race. Whatever you choose there is one thing you should know. Vision is a precious sense that you should never take for granted. As we look out through our eyes our Ophthalmologist or Optometrist is looking in. They may say that one of the most beautiful things in the world is something they see through the bright light of their microscope. They can see the most amazing things. They see the iris and the intricate array of colors that make up, hazel, blue, green, brown and yellow. They see the beautiful orange reflex of light on the Retina and the tiny delicate blood vessels that supply the eye its blood and oxygen. They see the bright white circular Optic nerve that sends the information to our brain and with each eye exam they carefully look at every microscopic detail to make sure its all is as it should be.
Dr. Sharon Richens, Dr. Reed Gibb. Dr. Jim Beson and Dr. Kristin Tarbet, all practicing at the Richens Eye Center deserve a pat on the back. Their knowledge and expertise is evident. I watch each day as they examine, diagnose, or perform surgery. They treat each patient as a person and not just “a patient”. I see their concern for those with severe eye problems and I see their excitement for those who have gained their vision again either by treatment or surgery. Our community is lucky to have these great doctors to help us continue to see the world as we should.
So go ahead, you can choose more than one beautiful thing, your vision should be endless.
Valerie Parkinson is the Surgical Coordinator at Richens Eye Center and can be contacted at 619 S. Bluff St. 1B St. George, Utah 84770, or by calling 435-652-4040.