[blparent] [Bulk] Re: Thanks, Mom!

Mon May 18 21:23:06 UTC 2009

I ask my self the same question everyday. I'm sure my daughter asks  
the same question as well. and then we sit down and ask each other the  
question. Yet no one has an answer.

Gabe Vega
CEO
The BlindTechs Network
www.theblindtechsnetwork.com
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On May 18, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Tammy, Paul and Colyn wrote:

Hi,

Yeah, that's called being a parent.  How come your daughter's mother's  
not involved?  I'm not asking to get personal, I just don't understand  
why or how a mother could choose to not be involved with her child.

Tammy
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Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] Thanks, Mom!

> um, this is a cool email and all. but yeh, I do this stuff 365 days   
> out of the year, and I act as both Daddy and mommy because we don't   
> have a Mommy who is too involved.
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> I asked my daughter one day, "do you know what love is?" and when  
> she asked what, I told her this, while I was digging her vomit out  
> of the  tub drain with my bare hands after a morning of her being  
> sick and  having the fever.
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> I don't think she got the meaning but what ever.
> Gabe Vega
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> The BlindTechs Network
> www.theblindtechsnetwork.com
> info at theblindtechsnetwork.com
> 623-565-9357 (voice)
> (206) 203-4400 (Fax Phone)
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> On May 8, 2009, at 8:01 PM, Robert Shelton wrote:
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> This is for the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers  
> in
> their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry
> Kool-Aid saying, "It's alright honey, Mommy's here."
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> Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end soothing crying  
> babies who
> can't be comforted..
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> This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in  
> their hair
> and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse.
> For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew  
> Halloween
> costumes.
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> This is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they'll never see.
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> And the mothers who took those babies and gave them homes.
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> And for the mothers who lost their baby in that precious 9 months  
> that they
> will never get to watch grow on earth but one day will be reunited   
> with in
> Heaven!
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> This is for the mothers whose priceless art collections are hanging  
> on their
> refrigerator doors.
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> And for all the mothers who froze their buns on metal bleachers at  
> football
> or soccer games instead of watching from the warmth of their cars,  
> so that
> when their kids asked, "Did you see me, Mom?" they could say, "Of   
> course, I
> wouldn't have missed it for the world," and mean it.
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> This is for all the mothers who yell at their kids in the grocery   
> store and
> swat them in despair when they stomp their feet and scream for ice  
> cream
> before dinner.
>
> And for all the mothers who count to ten instead, but realize how  
> child
> abuse happens.
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> This is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and  
> explained
> all about making babies. And for all the (grand) mothers who wanted   
> to, but
> just couldn't find the words.
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> This is for all the mothers who go hungry, so their children can eat.
>
> For all the mothers who read "Goodnight, Moon" twice a night for a  
> year.
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> And then read it again.  "Just one more time."
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> This is for all the mothers who taught their children to tie their  
> shoelaces
> before they started school.  And for all the mothers who opted for   
> Velcro
> instead.
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> This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and their  
> daughters
> to sink a jump shot.
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> This is for every mother whose head turns automatically when a  
> little voice
> calls "Mom?" in a crowd, even though they know their own offspring  
> are  at
> home -- or even away at college.
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> This is for all the mothers who sent their kids to school with  
> stomach aches
> assuring them they'd be just FINE once they got there, only to get  
> calls
> from the school nurse an hour later asking them to please pick them  
> up.
> Right away.
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> This is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who can't find  
> the
> words to reach them.
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> This is for all the step-mothers who raised another woman's child or
> children, and gave their time, attention, and love...sometimes totally
> unappreciated!
>
> For all the mothers who bite their lips until they bleed when their
> 14-year-olds dye their hair green.
>
> For all the mothers of the victims of recent school shootings, and the
> mothers of those who did the shooting.
>
> For the mothers of the survivors, and the mothers who sat in front  
> of their
> TV's in horror, hugging their child who just came home from school,  
> safely.
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> This is for all the mothers who taught their children to be  
> peaceful,  and
> now pray they come home safely from a war.
>
> What makes a good Mother anyway?  Is it patience?  Compassion?   
> Broad hips?
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> The ability to nurse a baby, cook dinner, and sew a button on a  
> shirt, all
> at the same time?
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> Or is it in her heart?
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> Is it the ache you feel when you watch your son or daughter  
> disappear down
> the street, walking to school alone for the very first time?
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> The jolt that takes you from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2   
> A.M. to
> put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby?
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> The panic, years later, that comes again at 2 A.M. when you just  
> want to
> hear their key in the door and know they are safe again in your home?
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> Or the need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when  
> you hear
> news of a fire, a car accident, a child dying?
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> The emotions of motherhood are universal and so our thoughts are for  
> young
> mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep deprivation...
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> And mature mothers learning to let go.
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> For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers.
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> Single mothers and married mothers.
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> Mothers with money, mothers without.
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> This is for you all.
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> For all of us.
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> Hang in there.
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> In the end we can only do the best we can.
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> Tell them every day that we love them.
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> And pray.
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> "Home is what catches you when you fall - and we all fall."
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karen Zakhnini (by way of David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>)
> [mailto:Outreach at nfb.org]
> Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 4:03 PM
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] Thanks, Mom!
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> Great Moms
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> Make Great Kids!
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> Thanks Mom!
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> Mother's Day is Sunday, May 10!
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> >Honor
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> your Mom with an eCard
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> Your Mom will be very proud that you made a donation to
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> and the
> National Federation of the Blind
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> IN HER NAME!
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> YOUR MOM WILL RECEIVE HER eCARD IMMEDIATELY OR ON THE DAY YOU SPECIFY.
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