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Small Mercies

A Story of Courage, Love, and Adventure

Professor Matthew MacTavish was hit by a drunk driver while coming home from work.  He survived, but his life is forever changed.  Now, permanently blind, he must navigate a new way of living, and in doing so, he changes lives around him.  Because Matthew did not die, others live, grow, and learn from him.  Because he chose to forge ahead with his life, he learned to see beyond any limits.

His one faltering step is his disbelief that there will ever be anyone that will truly accept and love him as he is, broken parts and weird parts and daydreams.

But he isn’t alone in his journey.  While the car accident split his life into Before and After, it also split his friends into Before and After.  The ones After were the gold sieved out from the sand.  His sister, Amber, is the one who is there for him no matter what. She spent most of her life looking out for him, and she still took it as her duty.  While Matthew wouldn’t admit to it, he still liked that she did.  

There is Peter, who had been Matthew’s university roommate back in first year.  Inseparable, the pair had developed a comedic timing between them that was almost legendary.  Peter  set his jaw and adjusted because their friendship was that important.

Then there is that university professor/student rock band he somehow ended up being part of when life started getting good again…