[blparent] Everyone needs a break

Tue May 19 02:12:57 UTC 2009

How old is she?  Gab likes to walk home with her friends now and I wait
impatiently near the front door waiting until I can hear the laughter of the
3 kids coming up the street.  V

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Subject: Re: [blparent] Everyone needs a break

I can relate to this totally. Although my daughter has my attention  
for like 16 hours out of the day, I be sure to call an adult and talk  
to them once in a while. you can only take it so long when they talk  
about why this friend isn't friends with that friend and why she is in  
the club but the other girl isn't and how that little girl told the  
other little girl about what another little girl did but why they will  
or won't still be another little girl's friend.

I mean, I sometimes do a little happy dance when she goes to school  
and I leave for work, yet my fingers always wants to dial her class  
room directly and ask for her to here her voice to know she's ok.

and still I am always at the bus stop waiting for her to get home, and  
to here her run to me and shout "Daddy" and hearing her running foot  
steps.

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On May 17, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Veronica Smith wrote:

My Gab and I spend endless hours together, playing restaurant, going on
walks, discussing what we hear and what she sees, talking about kids  
in her
classes, what she is watching on TV, what she is hungry for, but once  
in a
while it is nice to talk to an adult. V

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On
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Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 2:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Everyone needs a break

I agree with the part about sharing your interests. I will lie down with
Gabs for her nap, and turn
on whatever audio book I'm listening to at the time, and we snuggle  
together
for a while. Usually
she falls asleep, sometimes she doesn't. She likes listening to the  
sound of
the narrator's voice, I
guess. Not sure, but it works.

-- Allie

A smile costs nothing but gives much.  It enriches those who receive  
without
making poorer those who
give.  It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts  
forever.
None is so rich or
mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he
cannot be made rich by it.
Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is
something that is of no value
to anyone until it is given away.  Some people are too tired to give  
you a
smile.  Give them one of
yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.
-- Author Unknown
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From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:01 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Everyone needs a break

Thing is, my "me" time is sitting and reading a book. I tend to go to
bed early and sometimes time "out" tires me more then being with my
family.
Honestly, when I see posts like "You need time out" I view it as "one
more thing I *have* to do" which I don't think is the intent.
Maybe a better bit of advice is to make sure you don't forget the things
you like to do, i.e. the bit of yourself that can get lost if you don't
take care to nurture it.
It's also okay to share the things you love with your kids for no other
purpose then because you love your kids, and you love a certain interest
or topic.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of trishs
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Everyone needs a break

V., I agree with how important "me time" is.  I don't have a weekly
schedule, but I get out as often as possible.  The 1 recent thing I've
discovered, and look forward to, is a weekend for the blind, hosted by
our local Lion's club.  A few hours a month, and 1  weekend once a year
doesn't seem like enough to me, so a few girl friends and I are going to
plan an anual weekend away, in the Fall, up north, in NH..

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org Date
> sent: Wed, 13 May 2009 10:25:20 -0600
> Subject: [blparent] Everyone needs a break

> All you mom's remember you are a person too!  Yes you are needed
at home,
> yes your babies need nursing, bathing, changing, feeding, etc.
But don't
> forget you need time to yourself.  When Gab was born I didn't
want to leave
> her, not even for a minute.  My husband made me go out one
evening a week
> for some grown up time.  Boy, let me tell you, it made a world of
difference
> on how I felt about all that crying babies do and all that
whining toddlers
> do.  I still go out once a week in the evening with my friends.
Sometimes
> we go to dinner, sometimes just a walk around the block, but it
is my time.
> No kids, no husband.  Veronica

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