Premature Deb needs oxygen that leaves her blind at two months. She attends public school, prays for salvation at ten and again at fourteen when she is raped by her sister’s fiancé. She and her father quarrel so much, she goes away to a school for the blind but a bad housemother leaves her bitter. She graduates and attends a vocational school for the blind. But the rape secret leads to emotional illness and anorexia. She is hospitalized for four months. Afterward, she goes to another school for the blind where she meets Don, also blind, and they live together before marriage. He is abusive, beating her often. A pastor comes to their home and they recommit their lives to Christ. Don dies of an epileptic seizure and heart failure as the first part ends.