All three children in the family will be blind, and they travel around, so that they can leave good memories before they go blind.

The couple in the photo are from Quebec, Canada. His wife Edith Flamel is a project manager, and her husband Sebastian pelletier works in finance.

The two raised four children.

The couple and their four lovely children once lived a comfortable and happy life, but two years ago, a huge bad news shattered this originally happy family almost instantly.

At that time, the doctor told the couple that their eldest daughter, then 9-year-old Mia, must have retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic disease.

The disease will lead to the degeneration and decomposition of retinal cells and eventually disappear.

Therefore, Mia will lose most of her vision before middle age, and eventually she will lose almost all her vision and be completely blind.

The point is that Edith and Sebastian's immediate family members and themselves have never suffered from visual diseases, let alone this genetic disease!

Edith and Sebastian's first reaction was doubt and confusion.

Doctors told them that they may all be carriers of the recessive gene of this disease, which unfortunately happened to their children.

Then, the doctor suggested that the two had better take their other three children to the hospital for examination, because they may also have this disease.

Suddenly, Edith and Sebastian's heart added a layer of despair, because they knew that their youngest sons Colin and Laurent, who were only four and two years old, must have the same disease as Mia, because they now showed some characteristics of Mia's poor eyesight as a child.

The only one who didn't have vision problems was Mia's first brother Leo.

A long time ago, Edith and Sebastian suspected that Mia's vision was defective. When Mia was only one and a half years old, unlike other toddlers, Mia couldn't wait to practice her walking skills at home all day and night, and she always got into trouble at night. She will accidentally knock over all kinds of things in the dark room, touch all kinds of furniture and obstacles, and fall black and blue.

At that time, both of them suspected that their eldest daughter was suffering from night blindness, and thought it might be better to eat more vitamins and grow up.

However, their guess is too optimistic, because they know nothing about retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic disease, and their respective families have no medical history. It was not until Mia went to primary school and three younger brothers were born one after another that the couple realized that Mia's vision was deteriorating very quickly.

Although the whole family loves outdoor activities, little Mia already needs to wear thick glasses to see distant objects clearly.

The couple finally took Mia to the ophthalmology department, and the doctor wondered whether Mia's severe vision loss was related to the disease. It took a family several years to sequence the gene until 20 19, and finally Mia's disease was diagnosed, which is an incurable disease in medicine at present …

Grief buried the couple, but the children who knew nothing about it were still happy and went to school, feeling that every day in the future would be like today …

One night at dinner, Edith casually told the fact to her eldest daughter Mia. "Do you know that one day you may be blind and blind?" I thought my eldest daughter would burst into tears as soon as they did, and Mia just responded faintly, "Really?" There seems to be no pain.

After that dinner, Mia excitedly ran to Edith and told her "good news": "Mom, I just rearranged my room so that I can know where things are when I can't see them!"

Mia's attitude immediately inspired and encouraged the depressed couple. Children are pure, and their first reaction to this bad news is how to help solve the problem, instead of thinking as soon as they see something bad like adults.

Mia's reaction made the couple more heartbroken and stronger in grief.

After the diagnosis, the couple spent all their thoughts on how to make Mia and her two young sons accumulate more visual memories in the days when they can still see. They take their children outdoors to get close to nature and explore the animals and plants in the forest and the weather in nature.

They also consulted a teacher in Braille School and asked Mia how to learn Braille from scratch. However, the teacher of Braille School said that Mia's eyesight was "excellent" for the blind at this time, and it was useless to learn Braille at this time.

The couple went to consult Mia's school teachers and psychologists. They all suggested that Mia should be helped to create visual memory, such as reading more books such as animal encyclopedia and plant atlas, so that she can master this knowledge after blindness and keep their images in her mind.

The couple were inspired by this suggestion: let the children see the real animals and plants with their own eyes, and the visual memory will be more vivid and reliable than looking at the wild animals and plants painted or photographed in books! ?

The couple always dreamed of traveling around the world before they got married, and they have been secretly saving money for this dream for many years. They thought: Why not start this project now and let the children get these precious memories as soon as possible? !

They are determined to set off in the summer of 2020, starting from Africa, passing through Southeast Asia and Asia, and reaching Europe, and completing a round-the-world trip around the earth for half a week.

However, it was the first year of the COVID-19 outbreak, and on the day they planned to leave, European and American epidemics broke out one after another. Considering the safety and the entry and exit bans of various countries, the family had to urgently stop the plan with regret.

Fortunately, although the epidemic has become a stumbling block, the family still tries their best to seize local and surrounding resources, explore everywhere and increase memories.

They hiked in the rolling mountains of Canada, camped and slept in the forest under the stars, and saw the Milky Way shining brightly above human heads, without urban light pollution.

They went to a natural lake in the wild to enjoy a swim, feeling the small fish and shrimp swimming under them, and the breeze blowing ripples on the water surface;

They also took part in a special high-altitude experience-taking a helicopter to see the city they are already very familiar with from the perspective of God. On the plane, everything on the ground looks like a toy …

The advantage of these Zhou Bianyou is that although the scenery and people are not as magnificent and shocking as the original round-the-world travel, Edith and Sebastian have successfully exercised the children's physical strength and mind, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent round-the-world travel.

Although children who are destined to be blind are like superhuman beings with magical powers in an outdoor natural paradise,

They climbed mountains countless times higher than their short legs, and they didn't cry when they were hungry and tired. With the help of their teammates, they stood up again and continued their journey.

They paddle, swim and conquer this wonderful nature like adults.

After traveling almost all over Canada, last month, the family finally took advantage of the reopening of tourist doors in many countries and set off abroad with their children and several bags.

The first stop of their trip to the new world is their dream destination-Namibia in Africa.

Upon arrival, the family began their familiar RV travel and camping life, and successfully established a temporary home for the whole family on the vast and barren savanna in Namibia.

Here, they will still walk to the beautiful mountains during the day and overlook the ancient and mysterious African forests in the distance.

After a hard day's work, they enjoyed a homemade dinner for six, and then enjoyed the endless starry sky by the campfire.

At the same time, the children's homework did not fall behind. They are doing distance learning and have homework to finish every day.

They plan to go to Zambia next, and then cross the country by train to Tanzania. In summer, they want to go to Turkey and Mongolia.

"We hope that they will eventually not only accumulate unique scenery and visual memories,

There are also the mutual help, problem-solving ability, positive attitude and brave spirit they have learned along the way. "

Although children may be blind in the future,

But these unforgettable colors of everything in the world, as well as the love of parents, may remain in their memories forever. ...