[blparent] Dealing with admiration from the public

[Judy Jones]

Hi, Tara,

There are plenty of moms out there, sighted or blind, who are not doing a 
good job.  So if someone compliments you, you can say something like, "I 
love being a mom."  It's always heart-warming to see a good mom with her 
kids, whether or not you are sighted or blind.  Could be that the mom-baby 
equasion is blessing that moment in the time window.  Instead of being hurt, 
you can be proud of being a mom with part of the next generation in your 
hands, and wear it as a badge of honor, and not let the blind bit worry you.

I loved every minute of being mom, as you probably do too.

Judy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Tara Briggs via blparent
Sent: Monday, January 5, 2015 2:55 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blparent] Dealing with admiration from the public

Dear collective wisdom:
Since I started bringing my little girl to church, I have had lots of 
comments on what an amazing person iamb for being her blind parent. I get a 
little bit frustrated by these comments, because I wish I could just be seen 
as a mom who happens to be blind rather than a blind mom. My responses have 
been: to give people the parenting without site manual, to talk about my 
blind friends who are parents and their experiences, and to say thank you as 
graciously as I can. However, when a stranger who doesn't know me at all 
says that I am in credible I feel a little bit hurt. I have tried to think 
of why. I think this is because she is not getting to know me as a person. 
She just sees that I'm a blind one. I'm not the one who's incredible, it's 
the fact that a blind person is apparent that she finds incredible. Any 
thoughts or advice?
Tara   briggs

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