[Nfb-krafters-korner] Hello from Dick!

[Dixie]

Dick,

Great, YES!  And...   and Wonderful, and you gave me my smile for the day!
I think that letting him nose around with his cane while feeling secure
holding onto your arm is perfect.  As he gets a little more comfortable with
what he is feeling/seeing with his cane he will venture away from you to
check it out.  For now, having you there for encouragement and security will
make it easier for him to explore as he will feel safe doing so.  
Keep up the great work.  I can see that you and your nephew are going to
have a fabulous, important, close,  wonderful, special relationship.   

Dixie

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-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dick Carlson
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 1:01 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Hello from Dick!

Hey everyone,

Gosh, it's been a couple of weeks or so since I've written, hasn't it?  Much
has happened, including a very bad cold that I've had for a good week plus.
It's been a very bad flu season around here, and not only did I get sick,
but my young nephew Willy got sick afterwards.  Needless to say, we've not
been able to do a lot in the past few weeks.

Anyway, this past weekend, we had a fantastic week!  I'm able to spend more
time with him now that I'm no longer sick.  And...the first thing he asked
me about doing was to work on that picture.  He calls the collage a picture,
and you know, that's what it is.

So, this past Sunday, we had a day that was really good.

We began by going to the park.  Willy sure loves that park.  He loves to
swing, so he swung for a while.  We also just went for a little bit of a
walk while at the park, and that was fantastic.

Will wasn't very sure about taking his cane.  I asked if he wanted to take
it and he said he really didn't because he really doesn't know how to use
it.  I told him to take it along anyway and if he wanted to use it, he
could.  Is that good?  And, is it OK to just let him hold my arm when we
walk?  I don't know how much to have him use his cane by himself if he
doesn't know a lot about it.  I know how it should work but don't know how
much to make him walk without me.   He used it some to feel how high things
were and where things were located though, and I thought that was good!  

I then went with Will to a store where we could get something for his
"Picture." :-)  We got little stones, beads, etc.  It was kind of fun
because we even chose a few small pieces of things I'd not thought about.  

We then went back home and he was fascinated by the sounds of airplanes we
heard.  And, that gave me an idea.  Willy and I made a paper airplane.  I
was telling him how we used to make them when I was a kid.  He loved it.  I
don't think he totally got the grasp of it, but that was fine.  He enjoyed
it.

We finally worked some on the collage.  Tomorrow, I don't work and we're
going to add to the picture.  That's going a lot better.  He's picking out
the material or paper or fabric and is choosing places where he thinks they
can go.  That's great, huh?

This collage idea was a great one!!  He's beginning to swee what can be
done.

Dick

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