[blparent] It really happens
Deborah Kent Stein
dkent5817 at att.net
Mon Jun 21 15:05:14 UTC 2010
What a sad, sad story! Think of the message this guy is sending to his
daughter! We certainly do have miles to go.
Debbie
----- 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 4:20 PM
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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