“I didn’t think about my blindness at all that’s how I always pictured my wedding. “I would be fine with just a normal wedding,” he said. To make their big day even more special, Kelly kept secret from Anthony what she was planning in terms of her dress. When Kelly tried on her fifth dress, she started to cry. She connected with a Brooklyn-based designer, Loulette Bride, which focuses on creating custom, eco-friendly dresses. Kelly waited until a few months before the wedding to try on dresses. “Whether you like it or not, you have to prepare yourself for that.”
“Life is going to be different,” she said to herself when she and Anthony started getting more serious. Kelly has also started picking up on little details during their travels that she said she would have previously passed by or missed.Īnthony and Kelly communicate with each other through touch - a tap on the elbow or three squeezes while holding hands. Together, she and Anthony have gone to Dating in the Dark events, where couples sit in a pitch-black room and are served by blind employees.
“We experienced everything through touch and smell,” he said.
Kelly has since become his eyes - describing landscapes and scenery and vividly walking Anthony through his surroundings. Please click here to do so.īefore meeting Kelly, Anthony frequently traveled alone and shared that he felt like he missed out on a lot since he could not experience certain sights. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings.
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