[NFB-Seniors-Discussion] I hate being blind - Can or do you ever say this?

[Deborah Pinching]

Robert,

That was very beautiful  I am legally blind  but it still rings true for me!  Tha nk myiu for sharing!

Deborah Pinching
Carlsbad, New Mexico

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Subject: [NFB-Seniors-Discussion] I hate being blind - Can or do you ever say this?

Hi Fellow Discussion List Members
It has been very quiet here of late, and so read my short paragraph below and share-

Most times, when I meet a new person and they ask me what is it like to be blind, I will say something like this:

Well… Let me start off with telling you that my story starts out with the fact that I was born with Twenty-twenty vision, and at age fifteen, I was in a car accident and lost all my sight; I cannot even see light. Now, I see just as good out of the back of my head, as I do the front. And what I have learned, is that being blind, not able to use my eyes to do things in life is not so difficult; that most everything can be done non-visually. And that I’ve also learned that the toughest and most frustrating part of being blind is how other people view you, and treat you; they can make it more disheartening and difficult to do what I know I can do. But hey, though I hate being blind, life is to big and beautiful to get hung up in the small things; like being blind.

Respectfully yours,
Robert Leslie Newman
Omaha, Nebraska


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