[blparent] blparent Digest, Vol 79, Issue 23

[sharon howerton]

What a great message, Jen, and wonderful sentiment.
Sharon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Bose" <jen10514 at gmail.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] blparent Digest, Vol 79, Issue 23


> Hi, fellow blind parents.
>
> I hope you're all having happy, healthy holidays.
>
> This year was so crazy for me that I almost lost sight of the meaning
> of Christmas. I was exhausting myself finishing my errand-running and
> shopping in preparation for our family Christmas dinner, toting my
> baby around in my backpack on trains, buses and whatever else we had
> to do to get where we were going. While all that was going on, my
> husband suddenly called to say he was inviting over one of our friends
> who's lost a lot of his sight. On top of that, this friend of ours is
> unemployed, his grown kids are busy with their lives  and his wife's
> leaving him. Not a great year for him. My husband asked if he could
> show his friend around our house and how we, as blind parents do all
> kinds of things including cook. I thought: Oh, great. This will really
> mess up my plans for our dinner tonight if everyone's standing around
> cooking things while I'm trying to get our meal together. After about
> ten minutes of being put out because he had come up with this
> last-minute plan, I remembered that for those of us who celebrate it,
> Christmas is about the birth of a baby boy who grew up to teach us how
> to love and help out each other--not about planning perfect dinner
> parties. So I let them wander around in the kitchen as much as they
> wanted to and they even helped get everything out on the table for the
> six of us there at dinner tonight. We all really had a wonderful time!
>
> So, enjoy the rest of 2010 and all the best in the new year to you and
> your families!
>
> Jen
>
> On 12/25/10, blparent-request at nfbnet.org <blparent-request at nfbnet.org> 
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>>    1. Merry Christmas (Eric Calhoun)
>>    2. Merry Christmas (Pipi)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:46:29 -0600
>> From: Eric Calhoun <eric at pmpmail.com>
>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [blparent] Merry Christmas
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>> Merry Christmas from Eric Calhoun.  I wish all of you blind parents
>> kindness, joy, love, and happiness.  God bless all of you, as you 
>> continue
>> to raise your children to be productive citizens of America.  And may 
>> your
>> New Year also be, a fresh start, and a Happy New You.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>
>> Excuse me!  Baseball has no offseason!  What?  I said!: There is no
>> offseason on the baseball list.  You may sign up at eric at pmpmail.com, and
>> add me on Facebook: eric at pmpmail.com...  Happy Holidays from the Baseball
>> List.  Look at the calendar and put a little holiday in your heart!  Eric
>> from Los Angeles!
>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 07:11:40 -0600
>> From: "Pipi" <blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com>
>> To: <blv-moms at googlegroups.com>, <blindparenting at googlegroups.com>,
>> <blind-singles-n-friends at yahoogroups.com>, "NFBnet Blind Parents
>> Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>,
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>> Subject: [blparent] Merry Christmas
>> Message-ID: <AD99577C5A104D5895F3054B13E1AB0C at pipi0ade0e245b>
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>> I wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! I hope y'all have a
>> wonderful day with family and friends!
>> Pipi
>>
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