Rachel Hoskins

Jan 11, 2024 | christiancentury.org | Philip Jenkins |Julian DeShazier |Robert Hirschfield |Rachel Hoskins

(Century illustration / Source images: Billy Pasco and Johannes Krupinski on Unsplash) The first time i saw double is beyond my recollection. “Her left eye is too strong,” a doctor told my parents when I was four years old. “It’s blinding her right. It has to be corrected.” He called my condition strabismus, something like a crossed eye. You’ve likely seen it: the eye turns out or in. Mine turned up and to the left. To correct it required surgery.

Jan 11, 2024 | christiancentury.org | Julian DeShazier |Philip Jenkins |Benjamin Dueholm |Rachel Hoskins

(Century illustration / Source images: Billy Pasco and Johannes Krupinski on Unsplash) The first time I saw double is beyond my recollection. “Her left eye is too strong,” a doctor told my parents when I was four years old. “It’s blinding her right. It has to be corrected.” He called my condition strabismus, something like a crossed eye. You’ve likely seen it: the eye turns out or in. Mine turned up and to the left. To correct it required surgery.