[blparent] a different kind of cane

Thu Nov 20 04:33:12 UTC 2008

So you do walk in my shoes. smile! V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] a different kind of cane

>I would agree with you.  It's harder when you're older because you've had
> more time to get set in your ways.  We got the twins two months before I
> turned 38.
> Barbara
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:34 PM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] a different kind of cane
>
>> One of these days you'll be surprised and it will click.  I hate to tell
>> you, the older you get, the less patience you'll have.  I always laugh,
>> everyone told us it was a good thing we waited to have Gab  i was almost
>> 40, but they are wrong, the older you get the less patience you have.  My
>> yung friends think they're impatient. hahah.  i think it must be hard at
>> any age. V
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] a different kind of cane
>>
>>
>>> Ours are the lowest functioning in our group.  Actually, the one lady 
>>> who
>>> helps with the children during Saturday school has no problem with them
>>> using their canes.  Too bad we only have it once a month.
>>> We'll just muddle along here and maybe one day it will click.  Jesse
>>> seems
>>> to finally be learning that if he puts his hands out they can protect
>>> him--either that or he just does it because we tell him to.
>>> I'll be honest, the progress they make is slow but steady.  I wish they
>>> could just get it now.  I'm learning big lessons, about how I have no
>>> patience, with these two.
>>> Barbara
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 3:07 PM
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] a different kind of cane
>>>
>>>> Barbara, do you belong to NFB/ POPC?  If so, what do the other parents
>>>> in
>>>> your group suggest and if not, maybe you should contact them in your
>>>> state
>>>> and find out.  Sometimes when the kids see other kids their same age
>>>> using
>>>> canes, they want to also. V
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Shannon Wells" <pwandmomx2 at suddenlink.net>
>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 7:42 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] a different kind of cane
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> No. LOL She's 3 and I just laughed and said we couldn't leave it cause
>>>>> Mommy
>>>>> would never be able to make it back home without it. Then, she tried
>>>>> her
>>>>> best to help me get it out, but where it's a folding cane, it kept
>>>>> pulling
>>>>> apart. I was geting worried, when finally, I guess I got it at the
>>>>> proper
>>>>> angle and it came right out.
>>>>> Shannon Wells
>>>>> on the web at
>>>>> http://www.christianhomeplace.com
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 11:45 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] a different kind of cane
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you tell her you'd leave it there if she'd leave her eyes there,
>>>>>> too?
>>>>>> Barbara
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> From: "Shannon Wells" <pwandmomx2 at suddenlink.net>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 5:01 PM
>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] a different kind of cane
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a cane with a tip that looks like a ball. It rolls real good
>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>> is a little heavy if you pick up on it. Doesn't get stuck in grass
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> cracks in sidewalks near as much, but is a pain if you get it stuck
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> someone's fence. Like to never got it loose a few days ago. My
>>>>>>> daughter
>>>>>>> said, 'Well, just leave it here then." LOL
>>>>>>> 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: Sunday, November 16, 2008 4:46 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: [blparent] a different kind of cane
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I was just wondering if anyone has ever used the canes that roll
>>>>>>>>instead
>>>>>>>>of tapping.  This might be the kind Barbara can use for her kids. V
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