Advancements in research continue to shine a light on Usher’s otherwise bleak landscape, but until there is a cure we pray for the best but plan for the worst. We immediately made fundamental changes for our family in an attempt to cram as many visual memories into “Lizzy’s” little eyes as we can, in hopes that some of them will last a lifetime. Thus, the “visual bucket list” was born. It is a compilation of all of the sights we want Lizzy to experience prior to losing any of her vision. Some of them turned out a bit grandiose (see the Grand Canyon, go on a real fossil dig, watch a show on Broadway), but most of them were simple pleasures we could repeatedly enjoy from our own backyard (catch fireflies, find rainbows, roast S’mores over a bonfire, view the stars and count the colors in both sunrises and sunsets). They’re the memories we hope will color Lizzy’s mind if the day comes when her vision goes dark.