[blparent] It really happens

[Tammy, Paul and Colyn]

Hi,

This is exactly what I thought as I read Veronica's message.  Some people 
just don't think about the longterm effects their snap decisions will have. 
He could have at least come over and talked to you first.

Tammy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens


> That's so sad.  Beyond the pure insanity of not letting your child play 
> with someone just because she's blind, and the way it made you feel, what 
> that man was teaching his little girl is that you don't want to interact 
> with people who are different from you.  That's not what we need in this 
> world. Chalk it up to "you can't fix stupid" and move on.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 3:20 PM
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [blparent] It really happens
>
>> Ok, this is the way it went.  Gab and I went to the park yesterday 
>> evening
>> to kick a ball.  We bought one of those big rubber balls found in a big 
>> net
>> in most supermarkets.  Gab would kick it to me and as it swished past on 
>> the
>> grass it would make just that sound.  Then in return I'd kick it way up 
>> high
>> and she'd run to get it.
>> Well there was a younger girl watching us and she asked Gab why I didn't
>> just walk up to it when it landed near me.  I used my cane to find it. 
>> Gab
>> told her that I was blind and this is how I found the ball.  The girl,
>> probably around 8, asked if she could play with us and we said 
>> absolutely.
>> She said she had to ask her dad first and off she went to ask him.  We
>> continued playing.  A few moments later she returned and announced that 
>> her
>> dad said she could not play with us since I was blind.  Iwas shocked and
>> offered to go talk to her dad.  But she said when he says no, that is 
>> that.
>> So since gab likes playing with the kids at the park, I sat on the bench 
>> and
>> let the girls play.
>> That was the first time, I think, I have had someone say that. Weird! V
>>
>>
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