[blparent] Qwords of wisdom

Tue Aug 21 03:28:07 UTC 2012

Smile!  Going to tell you something right now and take it for what its
worth.
Every one here has an opinion of how their children should be raised and we
all think we are right, so take the advice you get with a grain of salt.  If
you like it, tuck it away for a rainy day, if you don't like it, hit the
delete button quickly.
But whatever you do, don't try to force your point on anyone, it just makes
for a bad beginning and a bad end.
I am anxious to learn from you and hopefully you from me!
Just a few words of wisdom!
Veronica

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Agnes Steinhoff
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 7:50 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] she's finally learning

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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