[Missouri-parents-network] Intro

[Gary Wunder]

Dennis, we are blessed, and I do not use that word lightly, to have you with us and working on behalf of blind children. Thank you my friend.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dennis Miller 
  To: Missouri Parents Network Mailing List 
  Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 10:39 PM
  Subject: Re: [Missouri-parents-network] Intro


  Hello all:  

  I guess I should say hi as well since I have been on this list since the beginning.  Although I was not able to attend the convention last weekend I had the opportunity to meet some of you at last summer's Mission Believe weekend.  I think it is wonderful this list exists.  It would have been a tremendous help to my parents as I was growing up.  I vividly remember my mom telling me as I grew up that she wished she could have had the opportunity to network with more parents of blind children.  I couldn't help but think throughout the Mission Believe weekend how much something like that would have benefited me when I was that age.  Like Gary, I did not have blind role models growing up.  I had a wonderful resource teacher who was blind but that was it.  I am so thankful for NFB's commitment to blind kids not only in Missouri but throughout the nation.  I am also very proud to be a part of our efforts here in Missouri.  It is my hope that everyone on this list will encourage other parents to become involved with this list as well.
  Have a wonderful weekend.
  Dennis

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Gary Wunder 
    To: Missouri Parents Network Mailing List 
    Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 10:02 PM
    Subject: Re: [Missouri-parents-network] Intro


    Hello. I guess I'm not new, but not to at least say something to the list feels like I am lurking. It was wonderful to see so many of you at the convention. I think that one of the most common complaints I hear from young adults is how much better they believe their opportunities would have been if only they had some blind  role models in their lives. I know that I often felt that way. I had good role models in my mother, father, family members, and respected people in my community, but none of them were blind, and so, while they gave me good examples of what a man should grow up to be, I wasn't exactly sure that a blind man could grow up to be that kind of person.

    Hats off to all of you who attended last weekend, and thank you so much for sharing company with us.

    Gary




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