[blparent] It really happens (Jo Elizabeth)

Sun Jun 27 02:37:15 UTC 2010

Haha, too funny, you'd better keep an eye on your kitchen scissors or even
the little kid kind. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:39 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens (Jo Elizabeth)

Aw, that's adorable.  Sarah's always coming up with stuff like that.  I took

her to get her first haircut a few weeks ago.  I got one at the same time, 
and so did the two other women who happened to be with me, because we had 
all gone to lunch.  Well, we were leaving, and Sarah said, "Mama haircut. 
Sarah haircut.  Deb haircut.  Vicki haircut.  Ballad haircut?"  She's been 
worried off and on since then because Ballad, my guide dog, didn't get a 
haircut when all the rest of us did.  Once every day or two, she'll start in

listing us all off who got haircuts, and then she'll say, "Ballad haircut? 
Ballad sad."

Jo Elizabeth

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 3:10 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens (Jo Elizabeth)

> I always associate her with my friends little boy.  His name is Eric and 
> his
> bday is September 24.  He is also talking up a storm.  the other day Gab 
> and
> Eric, his mom and me went to get a coffee and the kids got a Gatorade.
> Eric said, "mine is cold."  Then Gab said, Mine is too" and then Eric 
> said,
> "mine is one."  Kids at this age are soooo cute. V
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:40 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens (Jo Elizabeth)
>
> Things are going well, thanks for asking.  Sarah is almost two and a half
> now, talking up a storm and ready to take over the world.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 5:03 PM
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens
>
>> Jo elizabeth, so how is your summer going? V
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:09 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens
>>
>> Kids are usually not uncomfortable with much, at least not till they're
>> taught to be.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:04 PM
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens
>>
>>> I don't think the girl was uncomfortable with my blindness.  Like I 
>>> said,
>>> she asked to play with us in the first place.  Of course, this is just 
>>> my
>>> thoughts, you really don't know.  I play with the kids at the park evry
>>> day
>>> and none of them seem to even notice that I can't see.  If I can't find
>>> the
>>> ball, someone just gets it and we continue. v
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
>>> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:30 PM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens
>>>
>>> I doubt it.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Leanne Merren" <leemer02 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> 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>
>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 12:08 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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