[blparent] Sarah in the Snow

[Veronica Smith]

Jo elizabeth, just a friendly reminder from Ms. Paranoid, remember her
little hands are more susceptible to frost bite than  any one else.  Those
words rang loud in my head when our pediatrician told me that.  So when Gab
was Sara's age, we'd only stay out for a little bit.  If her hands got wet,
we'd come in, dry then off, warm them up before dashing out again. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 1:56 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Sarah in the Snow

Aw, what a cutie!

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From: "Robert Shelton" <rshelton1 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 1:53 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
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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