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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Although always a \u201ctotal\u201d, which worked for me in some ways (no choice BUT to learn Braille)\u2014I\u2019ve heard horror stories from low-vision people that make the content of this piece understandable. Now, though, I have a personal reason to \u201cget it:--I am just on the tippy-end of the spectrum, as autistic as one can be without being non-autistic\u2014people have to spend time with me before 1, they get that that is going on, and 2, they get why I sometimes make social gaffes, look stuck-up because I\u2019m so withdrawn and not talking, etc; I\u2019m not \u201cautistic enough\u201d.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Sandra<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a name="_Hlk152435195"><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>One can never consent to creep, when one feels an impulse to soar.<o:p></o:p></span></u></a></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk152435195'><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>(Helen Keller)</span></u></span><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> CT-NFB <ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>rivalbeth--- via CT-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 9, 2025 9:46 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List' <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> rivalbeth@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CT-NFB] Not blind enough<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I think we can all relate, thanks <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Maryanne Melley via CT-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 09, 2025 8:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Maryanne Melley <<a href="mailto:maryanne.melley@gmail.com">maryanne.melley@gmail.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CT-NFB] Not blind enough<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I love this! The words are so true.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Maryanne Melley<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>President <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>the Blind of Connecticut<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>860-212-5549<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:maryanne.melley@gmail.com">maryanne.melley@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A dream does not become reality through magic: it takes sweat, determination and hard work<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Jun 9, 2025, at 8:18<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u202f</span>AM, Mary Silverberg via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>\ufeff</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Allison & Deb,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for sharing this one. I love it. How very true.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mary<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 8:06<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u202f</span>AM Deb Reed via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Happy Monday!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Recently, one of our affiliate members, Allison Arbuckle, shared this poem with me. It is an experience that many of us with residual site in our journey of blindness have experienced. Here is the poem she shared:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>From Dave Steel, The Blind Poet</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:39.4px'><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>\u201cHave you ever felt not blind enough?</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>Been told that you don\u2019t look blind?</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>As if the cane you hold\u2019s a prop,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>or truth is something they define.</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:39.4px'><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>They see the way you turn your head,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>how sometimes you still meet a gaze,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>and question all the silent wars</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>you fight inside the dimming haze.</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:39.4px'><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>\u201cYour eyes are clear, you\u2019re looking straight,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>you smiled before you took your seat\u2014</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>you joked, you laughed, you found your way\u2026</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>So blindness? That can\u2019t be complete.\u201d</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:39.4px'><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>But they don\u2019t see the constant strain,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>the way you memorize each space,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>how shadows steal the world you knew,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>how fog and fear have blurred each face.</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:39.4px'><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>They never feel the stumbles made,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>the silent prayers with every street,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>the noise that swells without a frame,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>the panic dancing in your feet.</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:39.4px'><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>They only see the parts that pass</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>for something they define as \u201csight,\u201d</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>not knowing how it shifts and fades</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>from morning glow to black of night.</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:39.4px'><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>And so you\u2019re caught between two truths\u2014</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>not fully seen, not fully gone\u2014</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>you wear your courage quietly</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>while strangers tell you to \u201cstay strong.\u201d</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:39.4px'><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>But strength is found in every step</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>where darkness walks beside your day,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>in every time you hold that cane</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>though pride or doubt gets in the way.</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:39.4px'><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>So if you\u2019ve heard, \u201cYou don\u2019t look blind,\u201d</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>or felt like you don\u2019t quite belong,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>know that your truth is yours alone,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>and living it is being strong.</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:39.4px'><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>You don\u2019t owe proof to anyone\u2014</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>your story\u2019s written in your stride.</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>There\u2019s more to vision than the eyes,</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>and more to blindness than what\u2019s spied.</span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><b><span style='font-family:system-ui'>#TheBlindPoet\u201d </span></b><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal'><span style='font-family:system-ui'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Deb Reed<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Central CT Chapter President of the National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Deb.reed57@gmail.com" target="_blank">Deb.reed57@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cell-860-378-5370<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>\u201cBloom where you are. \u201cFrom mother, Theresa of Calcutta.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>CT-NFB mailing list<br><a href="mailto:CT-NFB@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">CT-NFB@nfbnet.org</a><br><a 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