[blparent] a new school

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

It's just a matter of biting the bullet and untying the apron strings a 
little.  I'm having a hard time thinking of sending Sarah to a preschool and 
not being there to know everything that happens--but she's ready for it, and 
part of mothering is letting go.  And we're sending Gerald's oldest 
daughter, Erica, off to college four hundred miles away next week, and poor 
dad is having a super hard time with that!

Jo Elizabeth

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, 
unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into 
advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt

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From: "Peggy" <pshald at neb.rr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 8:34 AM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] a new school

> Just tell her you're having a hard time letting your little girl grow up 
> but let her treck home alone ... you don't want to start out embarrassing 
> her the first couple days of school!!  I know it's hard ... if it makes 
> you feel better and you can afford it ... buy her a cheap cell phone with 
> a preset amount of minutes on it, then you know if there are any problems 
> ... she can call you.
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Barbara Hammel
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 9:00 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] a new school
>
> Tell her to humor you.  Let you walk her home a few days so have a chance 
> to
> see all's well and to let go of your little girl--because she's now 
> bigger.
> Barbara
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> any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.--John
> F. Kennedy
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Veronica Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:10 PM
> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: [blparent] a new school
>
> I just wanted to tell you that Gab is starting midschool tomorrow.  This 
> is
> a bit scarey for me as we now live in walking distance, no more buses for
> us.
> I and a couple of mom's will walk a group of kids to the new school but 
> the
> flipside, they want to walk home alone.  I want to go meet them, but they
> already told me they are now midschoolers and want to walk home alone.
> I know in a couple of weeks this will be old hat, but right now, I am not
> ready to untie the strings. V
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