[blparent] Happy Thanksgiving, eh?

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Good grief, that's awful!  It doesn't sound as if your friend broke the law 
or anything, just stepping out onto her porch and yelling.

Jo Elizabeth

It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith in himself. To take 
advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work. Take care of what 
you are doing. Take care.--George Bernard Shaw in "Candide"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Happy Thanksgiving, eh?


> And it doesn't only happen to blind parents.  A few years ago my friend 
> and her husband were having a discussion about someone they knew and my 
> friend was really mad, yelling, but not at anyone inparticular and went 
> out her front door slaming it behind her.  She wasn't hitting anyone or 
> bothering anyone, just venting her frustrations and there across the 
> street from her house was 2 policemen.  They heard her yell and they saw 
> her slam her front door.  they came right over and asked her what was 
> going on.  She told them she was upset and was venting her frustrations. 
> Well right about then her kids came out of the house crying because mom 
> was yelling.  then out came dad, almost shouting at her to come back 
> inside.  Then without asking any more questions, the police officer hand 
> cuffed my friend and put her in the police car.  She was stunned and so 
> was her family.  She said she started to cry and her husband tried to tell 
> the officer that nothing was going on except her venting about someone who 
> didn't pay her for babysitting.  they took her to the police station and 
> then made her take anger management classes for 3 weeks.  She says never 
> again will she yell to let out her frustrations. Aaah! V