[Nfb-krafters-korner] Big Brag!

[Lillie Pennington]

This is truly an awesome story and accomplishment.

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> On Aug 14, 2014, at 11:20 AM, "Powers, Terry \(NIH/NCI\) \[E\] via Nfb-krafters-korner" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Congratulations to Michelle!!!  
> Now wair that hat in her honor!  You now have your foundation, now clime your ladder to success in blindness skills and crafting and anything else that meets your interest.  There is hardly anything a blind person can not do, if  given a chance.
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> Terry Powers
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michelle Creedy via Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 11:23 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Big Brag!
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> Hello! I'm excited to report that I've just finished my first hat on the knitting loom.
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> This project is very special because the woman who mentored me and who I called my blind mommy gave me that loom. Sorry if that term offends anyone but she honestly was like another mother to me and she was the one who pushed me really hard to embrace much of the federation philosophy.
> Strangely, she wasn't an NFB member but I wouldn't be the cane user that I am today if she didn't keep pushing. She gave me the confidence to believe that some day, I can have children and be a successful blind mom. Sharon gave me a ball of yarn to start me off and she'd put a few stitches on for me too. So, I want to dedicate my first hat to Sharon. I used to call Sharon Sweetpea so this is my Sweetpea hat. There's another Sweetpea hat on the loom and it's wonderful to be knitting with a loom and with yarn that my dear Sharon would have touched. She died not long after she gave me the loom. It's her birthday on Friday!
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> A lovely legacy from my Sweetpea.
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> Michelle
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