[Nfb-krafters-korner] a thought...

[Blindhands at aol.com]

For those of you who are totally blind and have been for a while.   Have 
you a mind's eye picture of a person/friend that you met after you went  
blind?  And picture that person when you are speaking or around them  and  think, 
Have I ever seen this person?  It might be my age, but I  do get an image 
of what I think a person looks like even though I never have  seen this 
person.  Maybe it is my getting older, but I really sometimes  have to think if I 
ever really saw this person or not as I have this image in my  mind.
 
It is weird or maybe I am just going crazy.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 8/27/2012 5:50:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
flowersandherbs at gmail.com writes:

Hi Jill  and the rest of you,

Joyce shared about losing her sight and how it  happened abruptly with no
warning at all. that takes one kind of  adjustment. But losing one's sight
gradually over years takes another kind  of adjustment. I can relate to this
second type of situation myself. Like  Terry, I never have been able to
distinguish facial features, but I was  able to see colors well, though
everything looked liked colored blobs to  me. my sight slowly worsened till
just after my daughter's birth, when I  became aware that I was no longer
able to identify the colors of her little  clothes. I was told that she had
light blonde hair and her eyes were  described to me as a silvery blue 
color,
but I could not see these colors  myself. I pictured them in my mind,
remembering the hues. Acceptance of my  loss of color perception and later
all of my light perception took time for  me. for months I would stare at
baby clothes opening my eyes as far as  possible, trying vainly to see the
colors so I could match her clothes. I  felt inadequate as a mother because 
I
could not dress my girl in matching  clothing. I felt sad that I began to
forget what colors things were around  me. slowly I tried to look at the
clothing less and less. Slowly I began to  allow my daughter to pick out her
own clothes, whatever colors they were.  She enjoyed the task and I finally
came to believe that it was ok as long  as she was happy with her outfit. I
went through a similar process of  acceptance when I lost my light
perception.

Nowadays I accept   that I will forget what colors clothes or yarn or
whatever is soon after I  purchase or receive it. so, I wear basic colors,
and sort and label my  yarn, beads and other crafts as soon as I get them so
I will know what  colors they are.

Back to my daughter for a moment, I never have seen  her, but so many people
have told me that she is a beautiful girl. I have a  picture of her in my
mind. I don't have any idea if my picture is a  reflection of what she
actually looks like or not. but I have come to the  conclusion that it does
not matter. She is beautiful in my mind's eye and  that is the  important
thing.

Cathy



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