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

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

And here's this one. My mom pointed it out to me. In the same vein as the one J.E. mentioned. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLlSzmeYQks 

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 8:38 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Please help me snap out of my pity-party

Yes.
And that song is great btw.

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Please help me snap out of my pity-party

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.
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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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