i'll sing this valley winter song for you...

If I knew I was going blind, there are many things I would want to see before I did. I would want to travel around the world and take in the beauty of it. I've lived here in America all my life and I've seen many parts of it, but there is much more to the world than America. I would want to travel to Asia and see its serenity and beauty. I would want to visit Australia and take in the incredible beaches and sunsets. I would want to see Paris and London, the countryside in Europe. but most of all, I think I would want to see the faces of my children. I don't have any children now, but one day I probably will, and I would hate to live my life never knowing what they looked like, if they looked like me, if they looked like their father, the gleam in their eyes when they laughed, the beauty of their smiles, the glisten of their tears, the happiness as they played...I would want to experience that and see it before my vision disappeared.
I would always want to remember the faces of my family and friends, my home, the immensity of the ocean, the power of a sunrise or a sunset...There are many things which one can feel, touch, and hear that blow the mind, but the gift of sight is beyond compare and I never want to take it for granted.