[nfbmi-talk] nfbmi-talk Digest, Vol 53, Issue 41

[gkitchen]

Hi Lydia,

Hopefully you will never have to cut a cat out of a christmas tree using 
wire cutters like my husband  did. I  probably could have done it but I 
think someone would  had to stay with the cat and then where are those darn 
wire cutters, here at the house or in that darn workshop of my husbands, on 
his tv tray--yes we still have one here he.

My advice  for trimming Christmas  trees is--take it easy and enjoy. 
Speaking of blindness issues, several years ago, the man at our church in 
charge of signing up volunteer bell ringers for the Salvation Army   would 
not let me sign up. Well, finally he moved out of state and the two helpers 
since him have signed me up. They were surprised when my husband said he 
wasn't going. Well, let's just say he is from Arkansas and is not fond of 
cold weather. So progress is being made, though slowly. Keep studying the 
braille, practicing with that cane any of you who are still working on these 
things. I will read again  scripture in April and my practice while I am in 
this reading contest has helped me began to work on recognition of whole 
words rather than a letter at a time. Sometime, I make a mistake; like fred 
once said--"Did you learn anything from the experience." I try not to be 
hard on myself.

Once A rehab teacher  from the commission a couple of years ago told me that 
I should have learned so and so by now. However, I know employees of the MCB 
who possess less braille skills and who have told me themselves that they 
felt I worked well with muy dog because I walked from the bus station to the 
commission and well they came with a driver. So I guess it is how you look 
at things. We both got  to the meeting. This latter person happened to be 
blind.


Georgia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lydia Schuck" <laschuck at juno.com>
To: <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] nfbmi-talk Digest, Vol 53, Issue 41


> Hello Everybody from a sighted person concerned about her usefulness...
>
> Yes I can drive folks to meetings.
> Yes I can tell the ketchup and relish apart now that they put them in
> identical bottles.
> I can still read your occasional piece of mail.
> I can still tell you there is not a spot on your tie.
> I can still tell the waitress to ASK YOU HERSELF!!
>
> But alas, I fear I will never help you trim your Christmas tree!
> Have a wonderful independent time with your decorations...you all are
> great friends and I am proud to be a token sighted person in the NFB of
> Michigan.
>
> Lydia
>
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