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

Tue Mar 9 23:58:05 UTC 2021

Hi, Lauren,

She lives in Canada, and I referred her a couple years ago to Mary Ellen Gabias, but not sure where that went.

Madison, I'm sorry I don't know more about how Canada services for the blind works, but Mary Ellen would.

Judy

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Lauren Merryfield via BlindTlk
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ericka via BlindTlk
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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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