Love Comes in Darkness

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independence. His family loved him, adored him, in fact, but they also tended to do things for him instead of letting him do for himself.
    “I was happy. Did I tell you I met a guy yesterday? According to Hanna, he was making goo-goo eyes at me.” Howard chuckled, and Lizzy growled. “Come on, I’m not getting my hopes up. He had ice cream with us and he seemed nice. He said I was cute, though.”
    “Does he understand what being with a blind person entails?” Lizzy asked.
    Why was his blindness always everyone’s first concern? He was a man like anyone else, not a child.
    “I’m not helpless,” Howard retorted. “And it’s mean for you to say something like that, like I don’t deserve to find someone because I’m blind and a burden to them, like I can’t offer something to a relationship.” Someone sat down next to him, and rough hands touched his arm. It was Patrick, of course.
    “You know I didn’t mean it that way. I worry about you,” Lizzy said much more gently, and Howard let the tension drain away.
    “Then you’ll be happy to know I finally applied for a leader dog. I should be getting him in the next few weeks. His name’s Token and he’s nearly done with his training. They said they’ll bring him over next week so I can meet him.” Howard was pretty excited about it.
    “That’s great,” Lizzy told him. “Maybe in a few weeks Sophia and I can come up for a visit. I know she’d like to see her Uncle Howie.”
    “Of course,” Howard said, and he felt Patrick get up from the sofa. “I bet she and Hanna would like to see each other again.
    “Is Sophia on the phone?” Hanna asked, and Howard felt her climb on the sofa.
    “Yes, honey, but they’re getting ready to leave,” Howard told her. “She’s going to come for a visit in a little while, and the two of you can spend time together. Maybe we can arrange for some sleepovers.” That got a yay from Hanna and brought chuckles from Lizzy. “I’ll talk to you really soon,” Howard said. Lizzy said good-bye as well, and he disconnected the call. Hanna squirmed and ended up on his lap.
    “I can’t wait for Sophia to come. She’s one of my bestest friends,” Hanna told him.
    “I know, sweetheart, and I’m sure she’s anxious to see you too, but I need to finish up my work before the party,” Howard said gently, and then she was lifted off his lap with a groan that must have come from Patrick. “You’re getting to be such a big girl.”
    Howard returned to his work, talking his computer through the commands and having it read the screen back to him. At first it had been a fairly cumbersome process for him to learn, but now it came as almost second nature. He knew there was a screen on the computer, but it had no meaning for him; everything was sounds and voices.
    “Can you make your computer sound like me?” Hanna asked.
    “We can try. Most of the time, in order to get a voice to sound right it takes some work, but we’ll see what we can do.” Howard issued a series of commands to create a new voice file. “What I’m going to do is ask you to say some phrases. Talk normal, and I’ll record them. Then we’ll have the computer use that information to try to sound like you, okay?”
    “Okay,” Hanna answered, and she settled on the sofa next to him.
    “You shouldn’t be bothering Uncle Howard. Let him get his work done so he can enjoy the party too,” Ken scolded mildly.
    “It’s okay. I’ve been working on some vocal training programs to make it easier to create new realistic voices. This will actually help.”
    “Okay, but the guests will start arriving in a little over an hour,” Ken said, and his footsteps trailed away.
    “Are you ready?” Howard asked Hanna.
    “Yes.”
    “Good. Now, when I start recording, say, ‘I like ice cream,’” Howard instructed and turned on the recording. Hanna said it. “Great. Now say, ‘Let’s go to the store.’” Hanna repeated the phrases, and Howard took her
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