[blparent] Do you remember?

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I had it happen to me. This happened when Breann was two and a half years 
old. My then wife Pat and I were separated. I was living at eh Orange Circle 
redidence. Breann got out of the front door and was by Lemon (a very busy) 
street. That really scared me and someone who worked at a store down the 
street saw this and told a friend of mine from church. I really never heard 
the end of that and was told that if he heard about this again, he would 
call the authorities. I told Pat that I really needed to have someone with 
working eyes to help me with Breann because she wasn't use to having me 
around her. this never happened. Fortunately, this problem never happened to 
me again.

Just FYI: I have been in the hospital and a skilled nursing facility for 
over two months. I got out yesterday and have a new computer. Look for short 
or no messages on a few more replies so that I can get my contacts in my new 
computer as my old one has been stolen while I was down.

Thanks.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 12:34 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Do you remember?

Do you all remember the first time one of your kids deliberately tried to 
sneak around and get away with something because you couldn’t see?  I guess 
it has happened before, but tonight was the first time it was really 
blatant, and it was shocking.  I guess it hit home in a big way, and I’m up 
in the middle of the night trying to settle down.  I’ll be okay, but I’m 
kind of shaken up.  Maybe I’m lucky it didn’t happen before now; my little 
angel is almost six.  We’ll all survive, the world won’t end, but wow.

I was working at my computer and didn’t hear her come downstairs.  She has 
to go back to school tomorrow after a long Christmas break.  She’s a little 
nervous, and I think she was finding it hard to sleep.  I couldn’t fault her 
for that.  The break has been too long, I believe, and she’s in all-day 
kindergarten.  She’s had some jitters about going bback and missing me.  I 
hope she’ll fall right into the routine and do fine.  So she crept down to 
get a toy while I was alone in the house, probably to help her sleep.  I 
actually would have let her get it if she’d just asked.  I thought I heard 
her come down, and my dog got restless and started pacing and wagging, so I 
was pretty sure she was in the room, but I wasn’t absolutely certain.  I 
could sense someone moving, but I called her name and she wouldn’t answer. 
I got up and searched, and I could sense her moving, but I couldn’t quite 
hear if she was there or not.  She’ can be really quiet if she wants to be. 
The dog was wagging and going crazy, so I was pretty sure the kid was there, 
but not quite sure enough to be comfortable, and she wouldn’t answer, so it 
was really starting to freak me out.  I said, “This game isn’t funny.  I’m 
not laughing.  I need to know if you’re there, I’m serious.”  No answer.  It 
was dumb, but I got overwhelmed and didn’t know what to do, and I started to 
cry because I was wrought up.  Stupid I know, but then she started to cry as 
welland came and hugged and kissed me.  I think it scared her, but it had 
scared me, too.  So we talked about how I didn’t know where she was, and how 
I felt, and how bad it felt to be teased, and she apologized.  She went back 
to bed.  I don’t think she’ll do it again because she didn’t like it that I 
was upset.  So I don’t think I’ll do anything else about it.  I wasn’t 
trying to manipulate her; she just saw how it made me feel.  Anyway, I was 
wondering if it was a common experience to anyone else.

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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