[blparent] Naming and Decorating Canes

[Veronica Smith]

Well, you know what people would think now if yu named it micane. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Naming and Decorating Canes


> This makes me think.  At the residential school here in Iowa back when I 
> was
> in early high school there was an assistant in the Recreation department 
> who
> had a perfect name for a blind child.  Of course, I think I was the only
> who'd say it to her.  I'd say, "Would you Carrie McCain for me?"  Her 
> name,
> of course, was Carrie McCain.
> Barbara
>
>
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> From: "Jennifer Boylan" <jaboylan at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:22 PM
> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Naming and Decorating Canes
>
>> I never really thought about naming my canes until I realized how
>> fascinated my toddler was with them! I was stuck with a way-too-short
>> folding cane for a while which we referred to as "Gary" (Gary Coleman). 
>> My
>> regular cane is Horatio (for you CSI Miami fans!) and my new NFB cane is
>> "John" (John Mc-CANE.) Groan...and you thought the jokes on the end of 
>> the
>> NFB presidential release were bad!
>> Jennifer
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