[Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!

Wed Dec 8 12:25:20 UTC 2010

I had the same problem with my husband.  He never really accepted my blindness.  I hade to say I saw things, when we went for a ride, or he would get mad.  He did not like me using my cane.  Now he is almost out of my life, my cane is a part of me.  All my friends accept it with no problem.  
My adopted mother walked with crutches, so I did not use a cane as a kid.  I just followed her.  I was not introduced to a cane until I was a teanager.  I had a hard time accepting the cane into my life.  I felt it was a way of publisizing I was blind.  
I found out I had a sight problem in a very strange way.  When you are a partial and can get around, you do not know that others around you can see better than you.
I remember, as clear as day, my grand mother asking me if I saw the robbin outside.  I asked her, what robbin?  Then she explained to me that I did not have as good sight as others.  I mainly remember the question about the robbin and where she was sitting.  This was shortly befor I went to first grade.

Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lauren Merryfield [mailto:lauren1 at catliness.com] 
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:25 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!

Hi,
Interesting how some others don't want us to use our canes.  When I first started using one I got comments like "you don't need it while I'm here to help you" and "your cane is in the way."  I remember one time when we did a group picture and some didn't want my former husband's and my cane in the picture.  I always have mine with me now whether people like it or not.  It really isn't their place to tell us what to do or not do with our canes.
Thanks
Lauren
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Carlson" <dick.carlson0428 at earthlink.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>; "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 6:29 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!

> Hello everyone!  Great to write you all again.
> I wanted to let you guys know, since you've been quite supportive that 
> today, Will finished the collage!  As I told you, it had been several 
> weekends that we hadn't seen one another, or if we did, we didn't do 
> it for much time.  Due to colds and going out of town and such, today 
> was the first day we were able to spend some hours together.
>
> Believe it or not, it's pretty sunny here, so we were able to go 
> outside for a while and go to the near by park so that he could play 
> on the swings and whatever else he wanted.  He's definitely more of a 
> swinger.  Not many kids were at the park today, so he had a swing to 
> himself for a while.  He did take his cane.  A couple of times, when 
> we'd begin getting ready to walk, he still kept it folded and in his 
> pocket.  I told him it would be a lot better for him to have it out.  
> I guess that when he went with my folks for Thanksgiving, neither they 
> nor my sister really did anything to get him to incorporate the cane 
> whenever they went out because he said that he was told it got in the way.  Oh well, I'll help change that.
>
> However, when we got home and ate some lunch, I asked if he wanted to 
> finish the collage, and he said he did.  He asked if I would help him, 
> and I told him I would.  Between the two of us, we got the rest of the 
> little scraps and materials and put them on the paper that got put on 
> to cardboard.  There wasn't too much left for him to do, as it wasn't 
> too big, but it was enough to keep us entertained for a little while, anyway!
> He did get a little better at finding places to put the materials and 
> finding spaces where they could be pasted.  Good for him.  Sometimes, 
> watching him, I wanted to (and sometimes did) help him and show him 
> where would be good.  But, he was able to do more on his own and get 
> them pasted.
>
> Oh, he was happy when we were done!  He said he'd never really done 
> anything like that before, because all they really did in school was 
> to draw.  That's why when you recommended doing some kind of idea like 
> this, it really fit the bill!  He could finally say he had a project 
> for himself.  And, with some of the items we used, I did talk to him 
> about colors, just so he knew a bit of what they were.
>
> I think he's believing me a bit more about how fun this stuff can be 
> and that not everything has to be completely perfect and neat and 
> stuff like that.  In fact, he asked if we were going to do more things 
> like these, and I asked if he wanted to do more.  He said he would.  
> This was a great step for him!
>
> The pasting part was a little better.  He still had initial leeriness, 
> but that wasn't too big of a deal.
>
> So...one project done, and many more to come!!  Any advice or opinions 
> on what could be next would be fantastic for us.  I kind of think it 
> might be a good thing to build on the things we've done so far.  I 
> also want him to be able to use his hands again.
>
> Dick
>
> What a great time!  We're thrilled to have finished and I'm happy that 
> it went well.
>
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