Long Time No See by Beth FinkeAt age 8, Beth was diagnosed with juvenile onset diabetes. At first, she thought it was pretty cool, but in her teenage years, she didn't take care of herself as well as a diabetic needs to. In the hospital at age 17, a doctor told Beth she wouldn't live to see 30. She took that as a sign that she needed to
live what life was left to her. The doctor was right in one respect; Beth didn't
see 30; she had gone blind by then.
Becoming blind forces a lot of change into Beth's life. She has to learn to live her life with out using her eyes. She has to cope with a changed relationship with other people; employment is much harder to find when you are always underestimated. Being diabetic, Beth and her husband hadn't planned on having kids. But when Beth becomes pregnant, she carries the baby anyhow. Carefully she makes her way through pregnancy, but her son Gus has a disorder not related to her diabetes, trisomy 12p(I'm not giving anything away- you can see Gus in the author picture). Beth pulls through.
Beth pulls through is something that happens over and over in this book. She pulls through troubles in her life, in her marriage, in employment- she pulls through. She pulls through complaining and gritting her teeth, but she pulls through.
Happy reading.
