[BlindTlk] [BlTlk] [BlTlk] vent about my sister

Tue Mar 9 23:24:36 UTC 2021

Lauren,
Where do you live? The training center might be in a bigger city in your
state. However in the case like the state of Vermont  I know isn’t A blind
skills training center they mostly center their clients to The Carrrol
Center outside of Boston Massachusetts.
As for the NFB training centers I believe you need to have a referral
letter from your NFB state affiliate President.
 Someone please correct that I’ve given Lauren incorrect information.
Noelle

On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 4:05 PM Madison Martin via BlindTlk <
blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> If someone could I'd really appreciate it!!!!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Lauren
> Merryfield via BlindTlk
> Sent: March 9, 2021 5:01 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Lauren Merryfield <lauren7877 at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] [BlTlk] [BlTlk] vent about my sister
>
> Oh, I missed that one. Sorry.
>
> Mary Ellen Gabias, as someone else suggested, is the best contact for you.
> I do not currently have her info, however, I could get it for you.
> Blessings,
> Lauren
>
>
> "What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all
> living powers. Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the
> heart that is cold.Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts
> of the sorrowful. In the world of existence there is indeed no greater
> power than the power of love." Abdu’l-Baha
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Madison Martin
> via BlindTlk
> Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 2:54 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: madisonmartin463 at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] [BlTlk] [BlTlk] vent about my sister
>
> I live in Canada
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Lauren
> Merryfield via BlindTlk
> Sent: March 9, 2021 4:27 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Lauren Merryfield <lauren7877 at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] [BlTlk] [BlTlk] vent about my sister
>
> Hi,
> Sorry.
>
> You can talk to your rehab center for the blind in your state and have
> them send you to one of our 3 NFB centers for the blind:
> BLIND (blind in new dimensions) in Minnesota The Colorado Center for the
> Blind, In Colorado (big surprise, hahaha) And the Louisiana Center for the
> Blind in Ruston, Louisiana.
> Blessings,
> Lauren
>
> "What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all
> living powers. Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the
> heart that is cold.Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts
> of the sorrowful. In the world of existence there is indeed no greater
> power than the power of love." Abdu’l-Baha
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Madison Martin
> via BlindTlk
> Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 2:16 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: madisonmartin463 at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] [BlTlk] [BlTlk] vent about my sister
>
> I was talking about not having training centres, not my life.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Lauren
> Merryfield via BlindTlk
> Sent: March 9, 2021 4:12 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Lauren Merryfield <lauren7877 at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] [BlTlk] [BlTlk] vent about my sister
>
> Hi, Madison,
> It sounds like you are giving your sister power over your life.
>
> You said you couldn't change anything about your situation; people can
> always change something about their lives. You can make decisions. You can
> get help. You can enlist your parents to help.
> Blessings,
> Lauren
>
> "What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all
> living powers. Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the
> heart that is cold.Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts
> of the sorrowful. In the world of existence there is indeed no greater
> power than the power of love." Abdu’l-Baha
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Madison Martin
> via BlindTlk
> Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 2:08 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: madisonmartin463 at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] [BlTlk] [BlTlk] vent about my sister
>
> I can’t change what we have around us.
>
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Judy Jones via
> BlindTlk
> Sent: March 9, 2021 3:05 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Judy Jones <sonshines59 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] [BlTlk] [BlTlk] vent about my sister
>
> But that's what you may need so don't stop until you can get what you
> need.
>
> Call Mary Ellen Gabias with CFB for some good resources and referral.
>
>
> Judy
> sent from the Android BrailleSense Polaris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Madison Martin via BlindTlk
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Date: Tuesday, March 09, 2021 12:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] [BlTlk] vent about my sister
>
> We don't have any such centers, people that come hear, but no training
> centers.
>
> From: BlindTlk On Behalf Of Judy Jones via BlindTlk
> Sent: March 9, 2021 12:40 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: Judy Jones
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] [BlTlk] vent about my sister
>
> Hi, Madison,
>
> She is a younger sister, from what I remember.
>
> Your parents need to lovingly help you out of the nest, however that
> works, talk to them about it. Get some vocation training if you need it, go
> to an orientation center if you need it, ask your folks to help you in your
> decision-making, but that it's time to fly from the nest.
>
>
> Judy
> sent from the Android BrailleSense Polaris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ericka via BlindTlk
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Date: Tuesday, March 09, 2021 10:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] vent about my sister
>
> Could she be jealous of extra attention you might get because of your
> disability? I have a middle sister that was kind of like yours. I'm the
> oldest. I get along with the middle one sort of now but it's taken 30
> years. I've always gotten along with my baby sister. I'm the only blind one
> in the family. Just a thought.
>
> Ericka Nelson
>
> > On Mar 9, 2021, at 11:54 AM, Madison Martin via BlindTlk wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > Sorry, but I just really need to get this all out, as it's really been
> > bothering me.
> >
> > First of all I should tell you that my sister and I are 6 years apart
> > and have never had the same interests so therefore our relationship
> > has never been that grate. Lately things have gotten worse though.
> > She's taken to bullying me. She tells me to shut up, says I'm annoying
> and sensitive, none of which are true.
> > She also says that no one cares about my opinion. She also likes to
> > say, "are you dumb or you stupid?" and "I'm not being rude I'm just
> > being honest," when in truth she is being rude and she knows full-well
> > that it is. I've tried giving her a taste of her own medicine (not as
> > rudely of course), but that didn't work as she just mocked me. She's
> > also become a real potty-mouth which drives us all nuts. We can't even
> > have a family meeting because she won't let the rest of us talk, she
> > just thinks that she's right and that we're the problem. She also does
> > this thing where she breathes in deeply holds it and then lets it out,
> > it sounds like she's having an assma attack or dying. She thinks it's
> > cool, but really it just sounds absolutely horrible and is extremely
> > annoying. She also loves to bother our cats, especially our youngest
> > one Charlie, by blowing in their faces, touching their paws, chasing
> > them, and picking them up when they don't want to be held. Because of
> > this Charlie gets very defensive when we pet him or try and move him
> > and he's also not as affectionate as he might have been. Also, Rosie
> > our middle cat is very skittish and gets scared so easily, it's sad. I
> > think she feels that she doesn't get treated fairly and that I never
> > get punished for anything which isn't true at all. She also feels like
> > we don't listen to her which isn't true at all, we do, she just isn't
> always right. She also calls us loosers, and criticizes me or at least
> questions me about just about everything that I either do or don't do.
> > She seems to have a tendency to not remember things how they actually
> > happened and stretch the truth, and she also lies.
> > She's not very empathetic, Mom and Dad have to make her apologize for
> > being mean to me, and she never sounds sincere. She also has
> > self-esteem issues, she thinks she's ugly when she really isn't. I
> > worry that she's being bullied at school, and is therefor lashing out.
> > Mom has asked her, but she's said no, but as I said she's been known
> > to lie. I also worry about how her and her friends treat each other,
> > some of them aren't the nicest people. She just has an all-around
> > crappy attitude. Dad and I have talked about going to therapy and
> > she'd be the main topic which would be fine, but I worry that a
> > therapist might not be able to help us/her, especially since I know
> > she wouldn't listen/talk to them she'd probably just say that we're
> > the problem. Anyway, I know that you can't do anything, but I just
> > really needed to get this all out, as I'm really getting very fed up
> > with her and living with someone who treats me and Mom and Dad the way
> > she does. If you read this far then thanks for reading, Madison
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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