[blparent] children drowning in shallow water

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

It awesome.  We get to dig in sand boxes and blow bubbles and play at the 
park all over again.

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: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 1:15 PM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] children drowning in shallow water

> Yes, half the time my husband and I take turns doing the exact same thing.
> This way we can both get our adult interaction time and fun interpersonal
> time with our son.  It's a win-win.  The other half of the time we will 
> both
> play with him together.  I bet for your daughter those are happy memories
> she'll never forget because mom was right along with her having fun.  I 
> love
> how our kids give us a second chance to be kids again.
>
> Erin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 12:03 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] children drowning in shallow water
>
> I do think sometimes being with sighted people can give us a false sense 
> of
> security.  I was at the sixth birthday party of my cousin's daughter last
> summer, and it was at a water park.  I was sitting in a chair at the side 
> of
> the pool, but I got tired of asking people if they could see Sarah and
> having them say no, not right off the bat, there's so many kids, and then
> having my heart in my throat till they located her.  So I put on my suit 
> and
> got in the water, staying right with her.  I was exhausted by the end of 
> the
> day, but we had a great time.  Some of the parents asked why I got in, and 
> I
> just said I felt safer knowing right where Sarah was.
>
> 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: Monday, April 09, 2012 12:06 PM
> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] children drowning in shallow water
>
>> HI, WE WERE AT A FAMILY EVENT AND ALL OF THE OTHER KIDS AROUND HIS AGE
>> WERE THERE AND THE OTHER PARENTS GRANDMOTHERS UNCLES AND AUNTS WERE
>> THERE AND WE WERE ALL SITTING BY THE POOL IN CHARES. ANOTHER LESSON
>> LEARNED BY ME NEVER ASSUME THAT OTHERS EVEN FAMILY WILL WATCH YOUR
>> CHILD. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE WATER WITH HIM. bEING WITH SIGHTED
>> FOLKS NO MATTER HOW WELL MEANING, CAN GIVE ONE A FALSE SENSE OF
>> SECURITY. mY HUSBAND WAS AT HOME WORKING.
>>
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