[blparent] In Over My Head,, toddlers

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Lila would get used to not really leaving the house much?  Oh dear!  That's 
scary.  Really scary.  I'm not an NFB member, nor am I always big on the 
"NFB philosophy," although I will readily say that the NFB has made huge 
advances for blind and visually impaired people in equal rights over the 
last several decades.  The organization is often too in-your-face for my 
liking, to the point of rudeness.  But I have found creative ways to get my 
daughter out of the house since her early toddlerhood, and she and I will 
continue to "go on adventures," as she puts it, hopefully even after she 
grows up.

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: Jessica Reed via blparent
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 11:35 AM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Cc: Jessica Reed
Subject: Re: [blparent] In Over My Head,, toddlers

Thanks all for the kind words and advice.  I try hard to create "me" time,
and now that it's summer my husband should be around nights.  (He is a
welding instructor during the school year as well as his main job.  He is
pretty much gone from 4a.m to 8p.m during the school year.  I also neglected
to mention in my last message that we very recently moved into a bigger
home, just handed the keys over to our other house yesterday.  Huge sigh of
relief!  Jon still has some serious unpacking and organizing of his stuff,
but the end is insight.  (He has a ridiculous amount of tools for his job as
an iron worker.)

Thank you again for your support.  A few months back, when we were house
hunting for a bigger house in a very specific location, I reached out to
another blindness group on Facebook.  I was trying to figure out how others
balanced finding a decent sized home without sacrificing independence.  I
pretty much was told that I was dreaming.  We were blind and therefore
trapped and I should know that by now and get over it.  Needless to say, I
was devastated.  I was shocked at how many parents flat out said that Lila
would get used to not really leaving the house much.  I bring all this up,
not to slam the group, but just as a glaring reminder of the strength of the
NFB philosophy.

Thanks Again,
Jessica K. Reed