[blparent] Please help me snap out of my pity-party

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

That makes sense, Sheila.  It may seem overwhelming when it feels as if your 
house has been hit by a tornado, and there are messes and mishaps, but soon 
enough your kids will be grown up and gone, and like the country song says, 
"You're gonna want this back."

Or, and I feel it has to be said because of the tragic kidnapping that took 
place in Denver, and the events that have been unfolding over the past few 
weeks, you could be Jessica's mom, and then the mess really wouldn't matter. 
And don't think I'm using it as a weapon on you, please, Jen, because I've 
felt that way about myself, too.  It's all a matter of perspective.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Sheila Leigland
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 3:30 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Please help me snap out of my pity-party

Hi I'm willing to bet that at some level we've felt that way. It is easy to 
almost be envious of those that see but we don't need to be. No one  sighted 
or blind can do everything and children know that you are his or her parent 
and eventually that will be all that matters. When our son was little he 
made it clear that I his mom was to take care of him. It didn't matter that 
maybe others could do things faster because he was use to the way that I and 
my husband also blind, took care of him. If he was with our family and we 
weren't there he at times felt alone because the other kids had a parent 
with them and sometimes he just wanted someone that was his alone. That 
always made me feel special and blessed to be his mom.

Sheila Leigland

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