“Suddenly, my world turned black. I started screaming…”

“I was seven years old. My brother Sal was stationed in the Army. We used to visit him every Sunday and have a picnic lunch. I was sitting at the picnic table and saw a patch of pussy willows across the field. At home, they grew in my backyard and I loved touching them. Feeling their softness was especially pleasurable for me, because I only had partial sight in my left eye. My right eye had been surgically removed when I was three years old.

I got up and started walking toward the pussy willows. Then I turned around to look back at my family seated at the table. My eye started to fog up a little bit. I didn’t panic because I was used to this.

I continued walking toward the pussy willows, then looked back again at my family. The fogginess in my eye was getting thicker. Still, I wasn’t concerned. I looked towards the pussy willows, back at the family, the pussy willows, the family. Back and forth. My eye grew cloudier, dimmer. Once more, I looked at my family. Suddenly, my world turned black. I started screaming…”

Vinny St. Marten, the last of sixteen children, lost his eyesight by the age of seven. His childhood was filled with violence, abuse, and alcoholism. As a young boy, music became his refuge. It allowed him to escape from the world of fear that surrounded him. Vinny grew up to become a professional musician. He toured throughout the United States and Europe. For years, his life was one big party. Vinny was eventually compelled to stop and reexamine his past and realized that his blindness was a gift from God. Vinny now shares his incredible story through his music and personal testimony.

“Vinny you are not a star, you are a SUPER NOVA-bigger and brighter!” – Kim Discher

“He might be blind, but he sees more than most people with eyesight!” – @Sassy-Patriot

“You could turn this man’s story into a movie. So beautiful!” – @Samiog5695