[blparent] introducing myself to this list

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Dear Amy,

Welcome to the blind parents list.  I am the official moderator and chair 
the NFB Blind Parents Group.  This list is very diverse, with parents from 
all over the U.S. as well as some from Canada and overseas.  (I believe we 
may have some listers from New Zealand and the U.K.)  Some of us have adult 
children; some have newborns, toddlers, school-age kids, or teens; and some 
are looking forward to becoming parents sooner or later.  Please feel free 
to ask questions and make comments on any thread.  Posts to the list are 
archived, and can be accessed by going to www.nfbnet.org .

I hope you find the list helpful as you plan for the life-transforming step 
of becoming a parent!

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <amyprovencal at att.net>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 6:31 PM
Subject: [blparent] introducing myself to this list


> Hello to the Blind parent list. My name is Amy, and I have just joined 
> this list. I thought I would quickly introduce myself. I am currently 
> enrolled in one of the Parenting classes that Hadley School offers, the 
> first class, and my instructor, recommended that I join this list. I am 
> legally blind, with a rare form of RP, and my husband is sighted. We have 
> been married for 6 1/2 years, and are now seriously thinking about having 
> a baby. I was relieved to hear of such a list, as getting to meet other 
> blind parents feels like it will be rather rare and infrequent. I have 
> already gotten alot out of the first parenting class that Hadley offers. I 
> am looking forward to hopefully getting to network with other blind 
> parents, as  time passes on. I am 35, and my husband is 40. Let's put it 
> this way, his "body clock" has been ticking alot longer thhan mine has. We 
> have 2 dogs, they are almost 2 years old, we rescued them at 8 weeks old. 
> We love our pups, and hope that the transition with a new addition to the 
> family will go okay.
> We live in Connecticut, is this list national, I would assume that it is.
> To those responsible, thank you for enabling this opportunity, with this 
> list, and I look forward to its use in the near future.
> Sincerely,
> Amy
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