Assignment #1: An ode to my glasses

Dear my glasses,

     I remember the moment when I first met you. Unfortunately I was very unhappy when I first met you. I used to lie down on my bed when studying. I liked to study in that form, because it was very comfortable. However, it was very harmful for my eyes. As a result, my eyesight became lower and the doctor said that I might need glasses. Therefore, I was very unhappy and angry when I first met you. You seem to be uncomfortable and troublesome, especially when I was playing sports. You were easily injured and deformed when hit by a ball. It was annoying, because I enjoyed playing sports a lot. I had to worry about you all the time. After a few months, the situation that I was worrying about eventually happened. I was playing soccer with my friends. One of my friends kicked the ball very hard and it came right into my face. It hit my face very hard and I had a headache for a moment. When I became okay, I realized that you were broken into pieces.

     Next day, I visited the store and bought new clothes for you. I chose a brown one and moved you to it from the broken one. Since then, I started to think that I have to be very careful with you, because you are very important for me to live a comfortable life. You were able to do the things that my eyes had to do. You enabled me to see things clearly. Without you, I was just able to recognize the vague forms of things. Many days passed and you became part of my life. I want to apologize that my attention and care for you had significantly decreased as time went on. I just cleaned you with my clothes and sometimes I just threw it on my bed. In addition, I just wore you without any care, because I just needed you. I was also tired of same color, so I just changed the colors for no specific reason.

     When I came to KMLA, I started to play basketball with passion for the first time. When I was young, I only played soccer. Soccer wasn't that harmful to my glasses, because there were rarely occasions that I got hit by a ball in my face. However, it became very usual that a ball hit my face when I played basketball. The ball usually hit my face and you, and sometimes other players' hands hit you also. Those injuries eventually broke you again.

     Therefore, I had to change your body again. The one I am wearing now is your 6th body. I sometimes want to discard you, and just get some contact lens instead of you. However, I know that you are much better than contact lens for my eyes. Thus, I just decided to keep using you. There might be times of injuries, because I had to keep playing basketball. I will try very hard to avoid your injuries. I hope you work for me and help my eyes work efficiently for many more years. I never expressed this feeling, but I feel very thankful and sorry for you. I would put more attention and care for you to appreciate your hard work for me.

                                                                                                                                       Sincerely yours...