Capital Voices: 'You know, God sends you things'

In anticipation of Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman has been out in search of Ottawans — 150 of them — to learn their stories of life and death, hope and love, the extraordinary and the everyday. We’ll share one person’s story every day until Canada Day.
“I’m legally blind. I was 49 when I lost my vision. My central vision. I went in for a very minor surgery 25 years ago and suffered a sudden drop in blood pressu