<html><body><font face="Helvetica">I have been doing a lot of thinking sence I started looking into getting I guide dog. Like do I need one, will it be a help to me, or can I get around well enough on my own. Plus do I have to much vision to qualify. <br>I have a good amount of vision for a blind person. My mother went to a school for the blind, and didn't want her kids to go to one. She wanted us to learn to use the sight we had. <br>So now I feel like, I can do these things, cross the street, walk without a cane, find my way. <br> I have had people I know ask why do you need a guide dog? My answer is because the dog would help me at night when I don't see so good, and in the bright sun, plus I have thick glasses and I have little side vision. I get a long well at work, but I clean locker rooms for a living and fold towels. Not a lot of need for dog. <br><br>I don't like going places that I haven't been so much because I do think about, will there be a step or something I don't see. I walk slower because of it and when I am with people I walk a step behind and watch where they step. <br>So I feel like a dog would make my life easier, and having a companion with me would be nice. <br>I Am in my 50's and do think about how walking a dog, people think twice before they want to jump you. But having a dog is a good way to meet new friends. <br>Sorry for it being so long, I just have a lot on my mind. <br>Barb<br><br>Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App</font></body></html>