[blparent] supportive messages

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi Sharon.  Congratulations for your one son, and I hope the other can move 
on soon and find someone who wants to stay close to home!

Jo Elizabeth

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a 
song." Maya Angelou
-----Original Message----- 
From: sharon howerton
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 5:22 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] supportive messages

Jo Elizabeth, glad you and yours are OK but sad to think about the families 
and don't we wish we could protect our children. Since mine are grown and no 
one here would know them, I can say this. My youngest son announced to his 
brother and me yesterday that he had proposed to his girl friend Denise; 
Kevin is 26 and Denise soon will be. She is a wonderful girl. My older son 
had come home briefly, he has been spending a lot of time with his girl 
friend (he is 29-she is much older). When he came out of the shower as he 
was preparing to go to work, he was crying and said his girl friend was 
moving to Texas in September. I asked if he was going to go with her; he 
said no. I don't know if she asked him, but if anyone knows Brendan well, we 
know that after he got out of the Navy and came back, he said he would never 
leave Chicago again. This is the second time Brendan has been involved with 
someone who moved hundreds of miles away. How many times I have prayed and 
wished I could go back so many years and make Brendan's life better, but I 
can't. Kevin is a stronger young man emotionally, but Brendan has always 
been more sensitive and had a rough time growing up and even as an adult, in 
my opinion. We never stop being Mom and never stop wanting to protect and 
care for our children, I think. Can you believe all this came out in the 
space of about 15 minutes! How many times I have just had to put them in 
God's hands and simply just be there for them.
Sharon
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