[blparent] supportive messages

[sharon howerton]

Yes, close to home and close to him. He and I have some fairly significant 
battle scars to overcome in spite of our difference in age and circumstance.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] supportive messages


> 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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