When given the news that their 5-year-old daughter was losing her eyesight, mom and dad were crushed that their daughter would never get to see so many incredible things. But instead of wasting the precious time she did have left, parents Christine and Steve decided to show Lizzy as many wonders of the world that they could manage.
At just five-years-old, doctors diagnosed Lizzy Myers with Usher’s syndrome, a degenerative condition that causes hearing and vision loss. To make the most of Lizzy’s remaining vision, the Ohio family started a ‘visual bucket list’ of things they wanted Lizzy, who doesn’t know about her condition, to experience with her eyes before going blind.
“Once we got over the initial shock of all of that we realized that we have to do as much as we can to let her see as many wonderful things as possible,” Steve said.
The list includes many simple experiences like catching fireflies, seeing a rainbow, swimming in the ocean, and viewing the stars and the moon. So far, Lizzy has visited the Warren Rupp observatory, and recently traveled to Rome to visit the Vatican where they hoped a miracle would let them meet the pope.
Astonishingly, Pope Francis met with Lizzy after greeting the crowds in the Vatican and blessed her. “The meeting with the pope was absolutely amazing. I’d never expected in a million years that we would come that close to the pope,” Steve Myers, Lizzy’s father, told the Associated Press. “We first started this adventure with Turkish Airlines, you know, we thought maybe there was a chance we’d be able to get to the general audience and we’d be out there in the crowd.”
“You know, I believe myself, and I think that what Pope Francis has done for her, if there is any chance for a miracle, it would be there,” Steve said. “He asked that we pray for him and said that he would be praying for us.”
Watch the entire video below to see the incredible moment Lizzy got to meet with Pope Francis.
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5-Year-Old Girl With ‘Visual Bucket List’ Met Pope Francis is an article from: LifeDaily