B.C. widow finds unexpected love while performing in blind choir

Before she experienced the worst year of her life, Debbie Barnswell simply sang for fun. It wasn't until she lost her husband of 32 years and diabetes stole her sight that Debbie found singing could also provide comfort.

Before she experienced the worst year of her life, Debbie Barnswell simply sang for fun.

“Singing brings joy,” she says.

It wasn’t until she lost her husband of 32 years and diabetes stole her sight that Debbie found singing could also provide comfort.

“I felt like a bit of the emptiness was gone,” she says.

So Debbie decided to join a choir for the visually impaired.

“It gave me something I so desperately needed,” she says.

Fellow singer Bryan Barnswell says he’ll never forget how it felt to harmonize with Debbie for the first time.