[blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!

Jo Elizabeth Pinto jopinto at msn.com
Fri Nov 11 04:30:50 UTC 2011 

Oh, it used to be kind of funny, but my mom would get really upset, saying, 
"Don't look at me like that!"  And of course I wouldn't be looking at her in 
the first place.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 8:07 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!

> That is so sad, an painful. I know that my eyes don't focus or stay still 
> at all. My aunt told me that I would roll my eyes at my mother if I didn't 
> like something she said but I already had no controll of my eyes so she 
> didn't know anything about what she was talking about. It is kind of 
> strange what people can read in to things. I think it would drive me nuts 
> if I thought about what everyone thought. Overwhelming at the least.
>
> Sheila Leigland
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 7:21 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>
> I surely didn't go back to that hairdresser.  My friend who was getting
> married said she wouldn't have paid the bill if she knew what happened
> before she gave the salon her credit card number.  My eyes are 
> deteriorating
> so that at some point in the not too distant future, I might have to get
> prosthetics.  That does worry me about how they will look, but it will 
> have
> to be done because I have a lot of migraine headaches from the pressure in
> my eyes, and the drops and neural blocks aren't working anymore.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
> of
> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all 
> of
> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 6:37 PM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>
>> I hohope you didn't go back to that hair dresser. That is a terrible 
>> thing
>> to say. I wanted to learn to put on makeup and i didn't like my deep set
>> eyes so I wanted to bring them out it didn't occurr to me that they might
>> be ugly. I wasn't ashamed of my eyes there just a part of me.
>>
>> Sheila Leigland
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:58 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>
>> I bought a sixty dollar pair of sunglasses once because it was hard to
>> find
>> cheaper ones that fit my face and didn't look stupid.  I felt pushed into
>> it
>> because the stylist at the hair salon who was fixing me up to be a 
>> bride's
>> maid in the wedding of a good friend freaked out about my eyes, saying 
>> she
>> could hardly handle putting make-up on me and looking into my face, and
>> she
>> thought I should never leave home without sunglasses, and she couldn't
>> imagine how my husband woke up next to me every morning.  If it happened
>> today, I'd have plenty to say back, but I was young and timid and didn't
>> know better, so I just went home and cried.  Anyway, I wore that pair of
>> sunglasses till they got stolen, and then I wised up and never bought
>> another pair.  My family never did push me into it, though.  I don't
>> recall
>> any of them saying a word about sunglasses.
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant
>> of
>> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all
>> of
>> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:24 PM
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>
>>> Years I wouldn't wear sunglasses because i felt pushed in to it because 
>>> I
>>> was blind. A few months ago my sister got me to buy a pair but now
>>> everyone wears sunglasses so now I don't care.Just curious did families
>>> encourage wearing the dark glasses all of the time? Forb
>>>
>>> Sheila Leigland
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Barbara Hammel <poetlori8 at msn.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:20 PM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>
>>> And it doesn't stand out in everyday life?  Who cares what one's eyes
>>> look
>>> like!  I'm glad there is the parent of blind children around more
>>> prominently today to teach some parents it's respectable to be blind.
>>> Sounds like your family, and to some extent mine--and many others--were
>>> not
>>> comfortable with blind.
>>> Barbara
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall 
>>> pay
>>> any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, 
>>> oppose
>>> any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of
>>> liberty.--John
>>> F. Kennedy
>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:04 AM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>
>>> I try to duck and hide when it comes to pictures anyway because some 
>>> have
>>> complained that the funny way my eyes look really stands out in photos.
>>> Fine, I'll just not appear in them, suits me.
>>>
>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>
>>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
>>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant
>>> of
>>> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all
>>> of
>>> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 9:23 AM
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>
>>>> Oh, I did have some of that problem too.  I remember the fit that was
>>>> thrown at my sister's wedding because the cane glos in pictures and 
>>>> they
>>>> didn't want it there.  I said if I had to walk down the aisle by 
>>>> myself,
>>>> I
>>>> was going to have a cane.  Period.
>>>> Now if I have pictures taken and I have my cane, I still tend to hide 
>>>> it
>>>> behind me.
>>>> Barbara
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall
>>>> pay
>>>> any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,
>>>> oppose
>>>> any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of
>>>> liberty.--John
>>>> F. Kennedy
>>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 9:26 AM
>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It was all about image.  You know, the perfect Christmas card picture.
>>>> Having a cane made me look ... *gasp* ... blind.
>>>>
>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
>>>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and 
>>>> tolerant
>>>> of
>>>> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been 
>>>> all
>>>> of
>>>> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 5:12 AM
>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>
>>>>> Gee, why would they not want you to have a cane?  That would be like
>>>>> asking them to go without their eyes.
>>>>> I'm sure my family wished that I would have carried my cane, then I
>>>>> wouldn't have had to hang on to someone all the time.  And that job
>>>>> fell
>>>>> to my little brother becaus
>>>>> I didn't like walking with my sisters.  One would yank her arm away 
>>>>> and
>>>>> leave me and the other made me hold her wrist.  One parent had their
>>>>> excuse and the other, I didn't like walking with because of them being
>>>>> too tall.
>>>>> Barbara
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall
>>>>> pay
>>>>> any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,
>>>>> oppose
>>>>> any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of
>>>>> liberty.--John F. Kennedy
>>>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>>>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:16 AM
>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>>
>>>>> Some in my family didn't like me to use a cane or dog when I went
>>>>> places
>>>>> with them, but now I have one or the other, always.  Non-negotiable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>>
>>>>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
>>>>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and
>>>>> tolerant
>>>>> of
>>>>> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been
>>>>> all
>>>>> of
>>>>> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>>>>>
>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>> From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:05 AM
>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>>
>>>>>> I was waiting to get a battery in mmy watch and he dicided that he 
>>>>>> was
>>>>>> hungry so he just left. My sister came by and asked me where her
>>>>>> husband
>>>>>> was and I had no idea. She figured it would be safe for me to leave 
>>>>>> my
>>>>>> cane in her car and I never did that again. Now I have dog or cane at
>>>>>> all times because you never know when you might need to leave on your
>>>>>> own.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sheila Leigland
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:43 PM
>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was an accident, right?  He just forgot to tell you he was
>>>>>> wandering
>>>>>> off--I hope.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
>>>>>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and
>>>>>> tolerant
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been
>>>>>> all
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:15 PM
>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My brother in law left me at a counter in the mall. I didnn't know 
>>>>>>> he
>>>>>>> had
>>>>>>> left boy was my sister mad.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sheila Leigland
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com>
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 8:25 PM
>>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah, my brother would always tell me he was going to leave me
>>>>>>> someplace
>>>>>>> when we were out together.  I still get nervous about getting left 
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> unfamiliar places, even though I have the means now to get myself
>>>>>>> home
>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> ever happens, which it hasn't and probably won't.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
>>>>>>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and
>>>>>>> tolerant
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been
>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> From: "janel" <jjointski at verizon.net>
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 5:42 PM
>>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My sister use to make me feel that a car would hit me when crossing
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> street with her.  To this day, I am still somewhat afraid to cross
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> street.
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>>>> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:23 PM
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There are some tricks that my sister played on me as a kid that we
>>>>>>>>> laugh
>>>>>>>>> about in the family to this day, but they often times backfired on
>>>>>>>>> her
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> that makes us laugh even harder.  We also have a great time
>>>>>>>>> laughing
>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>> how I'd chase my sister with my cane and hit her with it to get 
>>>>>>>>> her
>>>>>>>>> back
>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>> putting my hand on a manikin's private areas in the mall or for
>>>>>>>>> pretending
>>>>>>>>> to go down stairs when there weren't any around to watch me 
>>>>>>>>> stumble
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> feel
>>>>>>>>> for the step with my foot.  The difference here with my family
>>>>>>>>> compared
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> how yours is being is that my sister admits that those things were
>>>>>>>>> stupid
>>>>>>>>> and we laugh about how dumb they were and how I'd always find a 
>>>>>>>>> way
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>> her back for being a shmuck.  I never got how the messing with
>>>>>>>>> people's
>>>>>>>>> food
>>>>>>>>> thing could be funny to anyone.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Erin
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>>> [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>>>>> On
>>>>>>>>> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 4:12 PM
>>>>>>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I don't know.  I hated the stupid food tricks and always felt they
>>>>>>>>> were
>>>>>>>>> mean
>>>>>>>>> and vindictive.  I don't approve of practical jokes that let 
>>>>>>>>> people
>>>>>>>>> laugh
>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>> someone else's expense.  My family refused to be educated on the
>>>>>>>>> subject
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