Esme, 15 years old, VA | 1 DAY WAITING | NEEDED BY 11/06

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Esme is legally blind, and she experiences the world through touch, sound, memory, and the bold colors and shapes she can see most clearly. Every new place she lives requires her to learn a whole new map: where the furniture is, how many steps lead to the kitchen, which drawer sticks. When she entered foster care, she had to relearn those maps again and again, each move taking away the familiar layout she had worked so hard to memorize. It takes patience and courage, and she has a great deal of both. Esme is sharp, funny, and endlessly curious, with a memory that amazes her teachers. She loves audiobooks, music, and anything soft and cheerful, especially Hello Kitty, whose bright colors and gentle face make her smile. She dreams of becoming a teacher for students with visual impairments, someone who shows other kids that blindness doesn’t have to limit their dreams.

Because Esme learns her spaces by touch and feel, a soft, cozy comforter set could make her bed a place she knows by heart. The bright pink and friendly Hello Kitty design would turn her room into somewhere cheerful and personal, a space that feels like hers no matter where she lives. After so many moves and so many new rooms to learn, bedding that is hers alone is a comforting constant, something familiar to come home to.