Green-eyed Girl

I've got green eyes. Green with gold flecks actually. I love them. This was not always the case. When I was 16 years old and got contacts for the first time I asked for blue contacts. Somehow I thought they'd be prettier... I didn't feel pretty and somehow thought being a blue eyed girl would make me pretty. I later learned that green eyes were the rarest color. And then I wondered why I thought blue eyes would be better.

I also wonder where I got my green eyes. My mom's eyes were blue. Honestly I'm not positive what color my dad's eyes are. They've had cataract lenses in them as long as I can remember... but I think they were blue or gray or something. But green eyes are recessive. So it's not unusual for a green eyed girl to come from parents without green eyes. And my great grandmother was Irish. She is who I think gave me my pale skin. It makes sense my green eyes could have come from her as well.

Once in college my eye doctor was out of my particular contact lens. But I was out of lenses so he offered me a pair of colored contacts just to get me by until my clear lenses came in stock. I was going to take hazel, but they didn't have my prescription. Blue was no good because I'd had that before (it sounds like me and hair color now... "No, I've had that color! I need a new one!"). But he had some green lenses in my prescription. So I took them. Now think for a moment. I was given green contacts. I wore them over my green eyes. The best reaction I had was someone selling magazine subscriptions door to door. I opened my door and they looked at me and said "Those must be contacts... You would scare the cat!" It was a bit severe, but fun for a couple weeks. The blue contacts I had looked natural... the green on green combo did not. :)

Now I look at pictures of my light eyes and it makes me smile. Sometimes I imagine those light eyes surrounded by wrinkles someday... will the eyes still shine brightly? I hope so.