[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Re: [NFBF-Leaders] picking and choosing NFB policies and constitutional requirements

[Judith Hamilton]

Thank you for your post.
Best Regards,
Judy


-----Original Message-----
>From: Toni King <tkk at samobile.net>
>Sent: May 2, 2014 8:35 AM
>To: nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
>Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Re: [NFBF-Leaders] picking and choosing NFB	policies and constitutional requirements
>
>Hi,
>Okay I am just catching this thread so only responding to Mr. Evans comments.
>I am assuming  it was said we should not say " I miss driving"
>I am a skilled well adjusted visually impaired person.  I do any thing 
>I want to do and tell everyone there is nothing you can not do without 
>sight. That being said there are still times I miss driving mostly when 
>I am some where and want to leave like NOW!
>
>I miss seeing my grandson's faces.  Now these moments are fewer  and 
>only pop up now and then, but they do cross my mind from time to time.  
>This does not mean I am not accepting my loss of sight, nor does it 
>mean I am still trying to live in the sighted world.
>
>Do you not miss a love one or friend who has passed on?  If you 
>answered yes then why would it be so strange to state you miss 
>something you could do when you had sight?
>We have lost a part of us so missing it from time to time is a normal 
>and natural feeling.
>
>I have heard people say those who were born without sight can not miss 
>what they never had.  I am not sure I agree with that statement.  I 
>know they can grieve over not being able to drive, get their license 
>when their friends did. Many times their not allowed to do what their 
>friends or siblings are able to do.
>so instead of missing  doing something they experience a longing.
>
>The goal is to be well adjusted and to except  where we are and to 
>learn how to do anything we want sight or not.
>
>I am very pleased with my life and I have a full and active one.  My 
>moments of missing sight happen very very rarely now but to say this 
>never happens or to not allow yourself  those brief moments is in my 
>opinion not healthy.
>
>Just my two cents worth.
>Toni
>
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