[blparent] Parent introduction- expecting

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hang in there.  You'll have to inform people over the years that when it 
came to having a baby, your eyes didn't have a whole lot to do with it. 
Well, I guess your brains didn't, either, when it comes right down to push 
and shove.  Just keep your sense of humor.

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: Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 2:20 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blparent] Parent introduction- expecting

Now our neighbors, that's another story. An older neighbor, who has
never once introduced herself to us, spoke with my grandparents one day
while they waited to pick Ross and I up. She told them how concerned she
was that two blind people were having a baby, and having seen us with
Penny, questioned the safety of children in our care even though nothing
has ever happened. When my grandparents, being grandparents, bragged
about us telling her how we live on our own, graduated from university,
are employed, etc. she said, and I quote, I didn't realize they would be
intelligent enough to do all that. She lives across the street, and
friends and family have observed her blatantly observing us. So this
worries me, but for now, I'm just focused on bringing Declan home and
finally starting our lives as a family.