[blparent] We're fine.

[Jennifer Jackson]

Glad to hear that you are safe. It is amazing how being a parent changes so
many things about us. I certainly understand that urge to lock our children
away from the world when faced with this kind of senseless violence. If only
those safe places really existed. Of course I have been feeling very
pessimistic about the world lately, so next week I may be able to think of
something less gloomy to add. 


Jennifer
	

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 12:14 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] We're fine.

Hi,  Since a couple of people have asked privately, I wanted to let you all
know that my family is okay.  None of us were directly affected by the
senseless shootings at the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.  However, the
terrible event has hit quite close to home this time.  My stepson and his
parents and sister have gone to that theater all their lives, and it's very
near to the house where Gerald used to live.  Stephen has a friend whose
mother's coworker is dead, at 24 years old.  My friend Deb has a boss whose
friend's wife is nine months pregnant, and her husband is in critical
condition at a local hospital.  I was having panic attacks yesterday
because, although I'd heard about shootings before and thought they were
tragic, it's a whole different ball game when you have kids.  You want to
hide them in your closet forever to keep them safe, but you can't, of
course.  So I put on my big girl panties and took Sarah to see Ice Age last
night.

Jo Elizabeth

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a
song." Maya Angelou
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