[blparent] It really happens

[Elizabeth Cooks]

I doubt it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leanne Merren" <leemer02 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens


>I can't help but wonder if the little girl could have been lying, to cover 
>up for her own discomfort about your blindness?  It's possible the dad said 
>that, but the fact that she didn't even point him out makes me wonder...
> Leanne
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 12:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens
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>> It just makes me so mad when someone won't even hear me out.  In this 
>> case,
>> the little girl wouldn't even point at her dad so Gab could point me in 
>> the
>> right direction.  Oh well.  We went by the park this evening on our mile
>> walk, but that family wasn't there.  Oh well, I was hoping that if the 
>> dad
>> saw me walking the neighborhood, he'd have a better opinion of blind 
>> people.
>> V
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
>> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 6:54 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens
>>
>> 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
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>>
>>> 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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