[blparent] It really happens (Jo Elizabeth)

Sun Jun 27 03:17:55 UTC 2010

*Smile.*  That's true.

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 8:37 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] It really happens (Jo Elizabeth)

> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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