[blparent] naming and decorating canes

Sat Nov 15 19:38:37 UTC 2008

And boy do I respect emily.  She keeps me from falling off curbs or bumping 
into chairs, cars, people, etc. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 5:29 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] naming and decorating canes

> Yes, I think you are right, it is actually a cane and not a stick, a
> valuable tool, and deserving of respect.
>
> Dave
>
> At 11:40 PM 11/14/2008, you wrote:
>>I think they were trying to get us to appreciate it.  they just kept
>>saying it is a cane, not a stick.   I'm not really sure, maybe Dave
>>Andrews knows, at one time he was my instructor. V
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" 
>><jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 4:49 PM
>>Subject: Re: [blparent] naming and decorating canes
>>
>>
>>>Why could you not call your cane a stick?  I've never named any of mine,
>>>just never thought of it, I guess.
>>>
>>>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: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:09 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] naming and decorating canes
>>>
>>>
>>>>I love it, bubba.  My first cane's name was Palo which means stick in
>>>>spanish.  When we started at the orientation center they told us we 
>>>>could
>>>>not call our cane a stick, so Palo it became. Smile. V
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Shannon Wells"
>>>><pwandmomx2 at suddenlink.net>
>>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:35 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: [blparent] naming and decorating canes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>you all will laugh, but my cane's name when i was a kid, was Bubba
>>>>>Shannon Wells
>>>>>on the web at
>>>>>http://www.christianhomeplace.com
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Veronica Smith"
>>>>><madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>>>>To: "blind parents" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:22 PM
>>>>>Subject: [blparent] naming and decorating canes
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I own 2 canes right now and they both have a name.  One is emily and 
>>>>>>she
>>>>>>is
>>>>>>a straight cane goes almost every where with me.  The second one is
>>>>>>Casper
>>>>>>and she is a telescoping cane and goes out to dinner or to the moviees
>>>>>>with
>>>>>>me.
>>>>>>I used to work in a little kids program and the kids made sleeves for
>>>>>>their canes during the holidays.  Some of the sleeves looked like cany
>>>>>>canes and others like snow flakes.  For Halloween, they were orange 
>>>>>>and
>>>>>>black and for Saint pats day, green with shamrocks.
>>>>>>We had a lot of fun. V
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