[Nfbc-info] Here comes the rain

[pschase at ca.rr.com]

Well said Lisa!!!

Shante! We all need some encouragement from time to time and please know 
that your NFB family will always be there for the good times as well as the 
tough times. That is the beauty of this organization!

Take care and please know that you can email me any time @ pschase at ca.rr.com

Pamela Chase NFB Vice President Riverside/San Bernardino chapter

-----Original Message----- 
From: shante via Nfbc-info
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 8:21 PM
To: Lisa Irving ; NFB of California List
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Here comes the rain

Thank you Lisa,

I am Shante  Reed. I am usually the one encouraging people around me but as 
I told my friends, sometimes the encourager needs encouraging. This what I 
needed At this moment. I look forward to meeting you at the convention 
thanks again!

Sent from my iPad
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> On Sep 16, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Lisa Irving via Nfbc-info 
> <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Federation family,
>
>
>
>
>
> What do you do when you experience storms in your life? I was presented 
> with
> an opportunity to answer this question earlier this evening. I will tell 
> you
> what happened and how I chose to respond. I hope this short story 
> encourages
> you.
>
>
>
> I live in San Diego. The past two weeks has been a mixture of soupy
> conditions and sweltering temperatures. This is very reminiscent of 
> growing
> up in Western New York and in Upstate New York. My siblings and I 
> regularly
> begged our mother to drive us to the nearby community pool. In our 
> childish
> way we found a solution to our problem; we were hot. I also recall many
> occasions when my younger sister and I asked permission to play in the 
> rain;
> we found a silver lining.
>
>
>
> I've spent almost twenty-seven summers in the San Diego area. Summer rains
> are sacred because they are scarce.  A short while ago I heard a commotion
> outside my window. When I opened my front door I heard my neighbors
> exclaiming that it was pouring.   I joined a neighbor in front of the
> apartment complex -in the pouring rain! She and I danced and sang, "I'm
> Singing in the Rain." That's how I try to live my life as a blind person.
>
>
>
> I am a woman of faith and of strong conviction. Some of my inner strength
> comes from the wisdom and mentoring I have received during the past year
> from my Federation family. Although I don't literally dance and sing my 
> way
> through life    I do seek to find solutions; new ways of doing familiar
> things, compromising whenever possible and standing my ground as needed. I
> am getting better and better at identifying choices and finding solutions
> because of my daily involvement with the NFB and my commitment to our
> chapter members and to the blind community of San Diego. I challenge you 
> to
> dance and sing during the unavoidable storms we will encounter in this 
> life.
>
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>
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>
>
> Warmly,
>
> Lisa Irving, President, NFBC, San Diego Chapter
>
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