[BlindTlk] Strange Stuff

[Mark Tardif]

So, Judy, just how are you unsightly?  LOL.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Judy Jones via BlindTlk
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2023 9:35 PM
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Cc: Judy Jones
Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Strange Stuff

Years ago at a Lions banquet, the person that gave the invocation, meaning 
to pray for the blind folks there, asked God to, quote
, "bless the unsightly among us,"  end-quote.  😊
Judy

“Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings.”

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, September 1, 2023 3:25 PM
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Subject: [BlindTlk] Strange Stuff

Alright, friends.  I’m going to tell you something that will either leave 
you laughing or crying, and it is to demonstrate that no matter how well 
educated you are, if you are not familiar with blindness, well, you can 
still come across as, to put it politely, not the brightest light in the 
room.  The other day I saw a doctor I had never met before.  He had never 
spoken with someone who was born blind, and I suspect he had never spoken 
with any blind person.  Anyway, he saw my long white cane and, get this, 
asked if this was my “eye stick.”  Yes, that was the term he actually used, 
“eye stick.”  I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or to just moan with sadness, 
but one does need to remember manners in this situation, so I told him that 
we call it a long white cane and told him what it was for.  He actually 
asked a number of good questions about blindness, which I thought was good, 
but it was clear that he needed much educating.  He seemed surprised I can 
actually walk around town independently.  I guess we have a lot of work to 
do, still, to put it mildly.  Also, I must say that while people up here are 
often extremely nice and courteous, they seem to pride themselves on being 
quite insular, even more than the rest of Maine, which is my state 
incidentally.  I say that because along with the term “eye stick,” I’ve 
often heard some very strange and, frankly, primitive ideas that I won’t 
actually go into here, but I do often think that holds us back in a lot of 
ways.  Anyway, I just thought I would share that bit of strangeness.
Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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