[blparent] introducing myself to this list

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi, Amy, and welcome to the list.    I hope you find the Hadley courses as 
helpful as I have.  I took the first one and then got kind of bogged down in 
the second, as raising a baby and working full time doesn't leave much room 
in the schedule for extra reading.  I had a baby last March, and the 
transition for my guide dog, a seven-year-old black Labrador, has been a 
little tough.  She didn't want to share me with a baby, and she got 
stress-induced colitis, which she's on medicine for.  That seems to be 
improving over time, as she's on half the medicine now that she used to be. 
She'll give the baby kisses lately, and now it's a matter of teaching the 
baby to pet her nicely and not to pull on her ears or climb all over her.

Best wishes,
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, January 12, 2009 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] introducing myself to this list


> Amy, Welcome to this list.
> I live in New Mexico and I also have a rare form of RP. I am 49 and have a 
> 9 year old.  when we had her, we had a very old husky and she accepted 
> Gabriella with a wagging tail.  Veronica
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <amyprovencal at att.net>
> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 5:31 PM
> Subject: [blparent] introducing myself to this list
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>> 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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