[blparent] It really happens

Mon Jun 21 06:10:40 UTC 2010

Unfortunately, I had to be at choir practice at eight-thirty, or I would 
have done just that.  On the way home, by the time i had checked, the car 
was already moving.  Thank Heaven we were only a block away, but a lot can 
happen in a block.  I tried ot explain that, but these two are in their 
eighties and come from an era where car seat safety wasn't a priority.  They 
are condescending to us in the first place, and so never listen ot a word we 
say about it.  Out of al the ones that give us a ride to church, they are 
the only ones that do it.  Everyone else defers to us in that situation and 
any other situation regarding our children.  As I have said before, they 
will never be taking our family in their car again.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens


>I used to know people like that, they'd just take Gab out of my hands and
> put her in her seat.  I allowed it for a time or two then I pulled up some
> courage and said, "before we go I really need to make sure she is put in
> right.  And more time than not, she wasn't.  Elizabeth, be sure to check
> before you get in yourself. V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 5:57 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens
>
> Yes, and there are those who are condescending to those of us whoa are
> blind, and we have such people in our church.  I am planning to ban them
> from ever driving us to church again.  They take over when ghey get here,
> and no matter how assertive my husband is ( I'm sually already gone to 
> choir
>
> practice) they insist on putting the baby in the car, and they never strap
> him in correctly, if at all.  On the way home today, i discovered that the
> seat wasn['t strapped in, and neither was the baby.  They also never 
> listen
> when we tell them how the seat is to be installed.  So, I sympathize about
> morons.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 4:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens
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>
>> It really bugged Gab.  She kept bringing it up to that little girl.  I
>> finally told her to drop it and move on.  I then explained to her that 
>> not
>> all people understand blindness and not all want to learn.  I would have
>> talked to that dad in a heart beat, but the little girl was deadest
>> against
>> it.  I really don't know why someone wouldn't let her play with us, our
>> ball
>> was as light as a feather and if it happened to hit me, it wouldn't have
>> hurt.  Of course maybe the dad didn't know or care. V
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 3:37 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> 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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