[blparent] Just Venting!

[Alana Leonhardy]

It sounds like there's a lot of dysfunction going on that's pretty unrelated to blindness. I'm sure being blind is part of it though. Perhaps some family and indevidual therapy would be a good idea. 
Best of luck. 

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> On May 29, 2015, at 12:22, Danielle Antoine via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I just cannot stand it when somebody say you can do something then let
> somebody else do it or just prevent you from doing so. Most often,
> it's always what I'm doing. Like for instance, my brother and sister
> didn't have jobs wasn't looking for jobs until I started. Well bless
> God Hallallujah, thank you Jesus, they both got jobs while I'm still
> sitting at home. In fact, it cost me more because they have
> transporation and drive whereas, I don't have those luxuries and where
> Im located it's really not feasible for me to work even if I was in
> optimal health. Anyway, my sister followed through with the apps I got
> for her and my brother didn't and my mom allowed it; they both got
> hired through someone else's efforts in the end. I hoe they keep their
> jobs this time! They both are lucky and have no problems getting hired
> with minimal effort! I have a lot of time on my hands so can devote to
> a few mmindless things that don't require me to think so hard or use
> much energy. So, why all this unnecessary stress and aggravation. For
> my blind parents, how do you go about picking baby gear on your own? I
> lost my babies oh about a couple of months ago and my other prior
> three children live with their father. but I had gotten the okay from
> a couple of friends prior to all this to document pattern descriptions
> and everytime I start I can never get very far do to computer
> breakage, stealing of software, hacking and such through no fault of
> my own. As we all know, our technology is expensive and can not easily
> be replaced in a day or so. Even whene we fix one thing such as the
> laptop or desktop, we still need to install a screen reader, and now
> MS Office since it is now not standard and if you have scanning
> software so it is not off the shelf ready to rock and roll. I am on
> SSI only. Believe me, this has to be somebody sighted who wouldn't
> want this job if they had it but I am happy to do it. I really started
> doing this out of sheer frustration. Since my niece came along, the
> adults in her life started buying everything with like characters and
> such when it would've made mor sense for them to buy colored stuff.
> Like for real people! They can see things like, tangerine, gold,
> Everest, purple, onyx, Paisley, Fuschia, Bromley, Go Green, Cameron,
> Saturn, Cowmooflage  and such like that. I mean, really what does that
> mean to a total who has never seen colors or seen them clear enough in
> their life? Those are just examples of pattern names And colors which
> they can esily coordinate accordingly rather than snatching up any and
> everything. My sister knew she was having  a girl and instead she got
> neutral stuff as well. what ever happened to commonsense, courtesy,
> consideration, feelings, and boundaries? My mom denied my pregnancy
> though so I hope she is happy with my loss on top of me being unable
> to honor the visitation agreement with my children since she and my ex
> have serious beef! I should also mention ther have been about 10
> babies in total born since she has and that is what so angers me even
> more. Also, most of her things relate back to my own teenage and
> preteen's likes. In fact, my mom bought the exact same car seat I had
> bought for my first son with a zoo theme! I should say that my sister
> was in jail but she knew what she was having before she went in and
> did not prepare. So about a month before my niece's arrival I started
> looking at gear and stuff for her. I had planned to buy everything she
> needed since I had saved a little money up, to take the worry from her
> and my mom who I was sure going fo likely get her and at the time was
> talking about moving to where we are now with more space for my
> sisters kids. Of course, I was looking at sex appropriate things for
> her from the diaper bag to the crib to a few toys and washcloths. I
> figure when its coming out of someone else's pocket it shouldn't
> matter thow much it cost since you didn't have nothing anyway. At that
> time, I wasn't expecting.
> 
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