[blparent] Sarah in the Snow

[Brandy W]

That is too cute!

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-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Shelton
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 2:54 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] Sarah in the Snow

Hi Jo Elizabeth.  Thanks for sharing this with us.  One of those moments
that makes it all worthwhile.

I've got one for you guys.  Brian, our youngest was born in Houghton
Michigan, located about 12 miles from the shore of Lake Superior.  *Lots* of
snow.  One day, in the early spring, he was about 18 months, we got a true
rarity -- warm, sunny day -- melted off most of the snow from the back yard.
Brian, who never remembered seeing bare ground, played outside the whole
day.  There was a sand box, and all his brothers' toys to discover.  Truly a
magical day.

The next morning he woke up and ran to the window -- it had a low sill, so
he could see out.  During the night, it had snowed.  Poor baby!  When he saw
the back yard covered in white, again, he cried:
"Mommy, Daddy, outtide bwoke.
It was so precious and sad all at the same time, but we knew he was going to
have a seemingly endless summer to enjoy the outside and pester his
brothers.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto [mailto:jopinto at pcdesk.net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:55 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Sarah in the Snow

Okay, maybe I'm a little sappy, but Sarah and I had another "Wow moment"
yesterday.  It snowed for the first time of the season.  At two and a half,
Sarah is too young to remember snow from last winter.  She loves going
outside more than anything, and to begin with, I bundled her up and took her
out to show her that it was too cold to take a walk.  Surely one breath of
the icy wind would convince her that we should stay home and maybe watch a
movie or play with her dolls.

Wrong!  The snow captivated her instantly.  She loved the way it crunched on
the grass under her shoes.  She loved how it felt on her hands and how it
melted away into nothing when she touched the branches of the butterfly bush
in our yard.  Of course, she had to taste it--just the way we all did when
we were too young to worry about air pollution and lawn fertilizer and who
knows what else the white stuff may have come up against on its way
down--and she pronounced it yummy.  She wanted to stay out even when I knew
her hands and feet were freezing cold.

While I had been thinking about slow traffic and how late Gerald would be,
and whether it was time to buy rock salt for the steps because the
Homeowners' Association never got around to fixing the drippy spot on the
edge of the roof from last winter, Sarah was taking in the snow as if it
were pure magic.  So I'll say it again, especially to the newer moms like
me.  It's easy to get caught up worrying about nutrition and proper
stimulation and which brand of diapers to use, but don't miss the "wow
moments" along the way.  If Sarah wants to stop and talk to all the fire
hydrants in the neighborhood because she thinks they're farmers in matching
hats, or fill my pockets with rocks and pine cones because they're babies
who need to be taken home, or stand out in the snow till we both have wet
feet and numb noses, that's fine, because it makes me remember when I
believed in magic and thought anybody who didn't was just plain crazy.

Jo Elizabeth


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