Nicole C. Kear is a parenting writer who contributes essays and articles to Parents, American Baby, Babble, and Salon, among others. A native of New York, she received a BA from Yale, an MA from Columbia, and a red nose from the San Francisco School of Circus Arts. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, three children, and a morbidly obese goldfish.
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At nineteen years old, Nicole C. Kear's biggest concern is choosing a major—until she walks into a doctor's office in midtown Manhattan and gets a life-changing diagnosis. She is going blind, courtesy of an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and h... SEE MORE