[blparent] she's finally learning

Mon Aug 20 01:50:04 UTC 2012

Hey:

I hopw I was able to clear that up.  Believe me when I tell you that this 
past year has been a nightmare for me.  My husband abandoned me and my 
children too.  I know what it feels like.  The point that I was only making 
was that FOR ME, I have found strength in a higher power.  Everyone has a 
different way of dealing with loss and pain.  A lot of people have let me 
down in my lifetime, but there is one that never let me down.  And I know 
that my children and I will be taken care of because I have faith that 
everything will turn out ok if I just surround myself with positive thoughts 
and beliefs.  I cannot speak for anyone else because everyone has different 
religions.  I can only speak on what has gotten me though my loss and 
abandonment, which is counseling, good friends, and above all, God.  Hope 
this helps clear anything up.

Agnes

Agnes
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] she's finally learning

> This is Agnes's opinion. Although Gabe, you might be a good father, and no 
> one is argueing over this with you. There are fathers, as well as mothers 
> out there who are not good parents. Noone here knows why Agnes has choosen 
> for her children to only have God as her childrens father, that is her 
> doing.
>
> But this is nor the time, list to discuss religion, and why someone has 
> choosen the religion they want for their children.
>
>
> Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 19, 2012, at 8:59 PM, gabe vega via iMac <theblindtech at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> I'm really not sure how to read in to this email. and as a single father 
>> of a 11 year old girl, with no mother to assist me in this journy I have 
>> to say that I would give anything for a woman roll model for my daughter. 
>> Although things didn't work out betwene the mother and I, at this point 
>> her abandondment of my daughter is of no fault of my daughter or myself. 
>> the door is always open, the mother just doesn't walk through it.
>>
>> I'm not sure basing your secondary parental needs on a devine being 
>> and/or God is very healthy. and for the record I'm a Christian. but 
>> saying that God is the only father they need is pretty scarry.
>> On Aug 19, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Agnes Steinhoff wrote:
>>
>>> Marsha:
>>>
>>> That was a great point you made about little girls or girls in general. 
>>> I hope I don't offend anyone when I say this, but I will say that 
>>> sometimes fathers are not the best influence on their daughters because 
>>> of the way they were treated by their fathers, like me.  I would never 
>>> want either one of my children to be treated the way I was growing up. 
>>> Therefore, they have a Father who is in heaven whom my children can have 
>>> a relationship with.  He is also my Father and I am excited about 
>>> learning from Him the true meaning of love, self worth, and humility.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marsha Drenth" 
>>> <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 2:44 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] she's finally learning
>>>
>>>
>>>> Little girls, teenager girls, and grown women all need the validation 
>>>> from their father. Those same little girls, teenagers, and grown women, 
>>>> need it from their mothers too. But how a little girl or teenager, 
>>>> interacts with her father can determine how they interact with men for 
>>>> the rest of their lives.
>>>>
>>>> If you live in a busy area with lots of cars, you should be worried. 
>>>> But if its not busy, then just teach her to be cautious and aware of 
>>>> her surroundings. If you know the people in your area, they can help 
>>>> you now look for your daughter, not that they were not before, but that 
>>>> she is now on a bike.
>>>>
>>>> Its a little nerve wrecking to let our kids go out into that big scary 
>>>> world.
>>>>
>>>> Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 19, 2012, at 1:38 PM, "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> She was actually terrified of that silly thing and then my husband 
>>>>> told her
>>>>> he had confidence in her and away she went.  I could of sworn I said 
>>>>> that
>>>>> many times, but I guess it was dad's words that needed her to do it. 
>>>>> That's
>>>>> okay with me.  She has now riden for me, down the street, up the 
>>>>> street and
>>>>> around the block.  I won't let her go far and when I can't hear her, I
>>>>> worry!
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>>>> On
>>>>> Behalf Of Marsha Drenth
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:43 AM
>>>>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] she's finally learning
>>>>>
>>>>> Veronica
>>>>>
>>>>> That is awesome. It takes some kids longer than others. I didn't learn 
>>>>> until
>>>>> I was a teenager.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Marsha drenthSent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 17, 2012, at 10:07 PM, "Veronica Smith" 
>>>>> <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> So Gab only took 12 years to learn to ride her bicycle but she's
>>>>>> finally doing it.  I watched her ride to the corner and back, first
>>>>>> the short side of the street, then to the long side.  I'm so proud of 
>>>>>> her.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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