With a genetic retinal disease, there are no other choices. Over the years, her vision got worse and worse until she lost it all. Steph now walks with a cane and just got a guide dog. The way her mother moves is the same because she has the same illness.”I no longer have good vision; all I can see is light and dark.” “I see shapes and shadows in some flashes, but everything is very fuzzy,” she says. Cop Rob Campbell, who they are now engaged to, is someone they met in October 2016.
They had lived in the same house for almost a year but didn’t know each other until they ran into each other at a party on the roof for other renters. “I had a cane with me, so it was clear that I had trouble seeing.” Steph admits that the cane used to get in the way of her relationships with guys. “The fact that it didn’t bother him says a lot,” she says. In most cases, they couldn’t believe that the girl was going blind.
Stephanie’s eyesight got so bad while she was dating Rob that she could no longer tell people’s faces apart. Her lack of knowledge about her fiancé’s appearance no longer bothers her.On the night before the wedding, she was even more excited because she couldn’t see herself in the wedding dress during the fitting. Steph chose an outfit with her parents, brother, bridesmaid, and videographer by her side.
The store clerk told her as much as possible about how the dresses look, and then Steph touched each one to get a better idea of what it felt like. “Everyone I asked said yes or no, but they were so nice about each dress that it made me a little mad.” Steph remembers the measuring process: “I needed to be completely honest.” The dress was finally found. Even though she couldn’t see him, the girl says she knew this was “the one”: her skin crawled!
To plan the rest of the wedding, like the decorations, flowers, and where to hold the service, Steph had to rely on what other people said. Although she could still see, she picked out some things. Relatives picked up everything else based on these notes. The girl hopes that telling others about how they got ready will give them hope to deal with their own problems, no matter what they are. “Everyone has power inside them. Whatever problems we face, we can handle them with this power. I’d like to assist many individuals. Steph says, “To be an example that will help people get through the hard times.”