[nfbwatlk] WHOW!!! WHAT A THRIL...

[Kaye Kipp]

Good for you.

Kaye
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kyle Parrish" <kyle.novision at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 1:44 PM
Subject: [nfbwatlk] WHOW!!! WHAT A THRIL...


>
> HELLO LISTERS;
>
>  ON AUGUST 24th I WAS ABLE TO DO SOMETHING I HAVE WANTED TO DO FOR MOST OF 
> MY LIFE.  I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO SKY DIVE BUT THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE 
> MONEY NEVER SEEMED TO BE THERE AT THE TIME.
>
>  THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN ONE OF THE VISION LOSS CENTER BOARD MEMBERS SENT ME 
> A EMAIL ABOUT A LOCAL FIRST TIME SKY DIVING EVENT COMING TO PORT ANGELES. 
> I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY UNTIL I SAW THE PRICE AND ONCE AGAIN I 
> WAS OUT.  I REPLIED TO DEB AND TOLD HER THAT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO 
> THIS WITH HER AND HER FRIENDS DO TO FINANCES, BUT THAT DID NOT STOP HER 
> AND SHE PROCEEDED TO TALK WITH THE VISION LOSS CENTER VOLUNTEERS AND THEY 
> CHIPPED IN TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.  WHEN SHE TOLD ME WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE, I 
> HAD AN INCREDIBLE WARM FEELING COME OVER ME AND I WAS LOCKED INTO DOING 
> IT.  WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT TO RECEIVE.
>
>  A LOT OF DOUBTS AND FEARS STARTED TO CREEP INTO MY HEAD S THIS WAS A 
> UNKNOWN EXPERIENCE TO ME.  BUT.  I WAS DETERMINED TO GO THROUGH WITH IT. 
> CONTINUALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN A FEW DAYS AND HOW 
> I WOULD HANDLE IT MADE FOR A LOT OF DOUBTS ABOUT MY LACK OF VISION.
>
>   THE DAY OF THE DIVE I WAS AT WORK THINKING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO 
> HAPPEN THAT EVENING AND made it hard to think of anything else but how I 
> could do this without being able to see things like the edge of the plane 
> Flore leading to the exit and how was I to land...
>
>  all these fears were in my head and with the guidance of the dive partner 
> and friends it worked out perfectly and was                 the thrill of 
> my life to this point.
>
>  YES I WILL DO IT AGAIN AND THIS WAS THE EXPERIENCE I NEEDED TO GET 
> CHARGED UP AGAIN FOR LIFE AND TIT'S CONTINUING CHALLENGES.
>
> I THANK ALL AT THE VISION LOSS CENTER FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ME 
> AND I AM
> FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THERE SUPPORT.
>
> LIFE GIVES US CHANCES AND WE NEED ONLY TAKE ADVANTAGE WHEN POSSIBLE...
>
>  KYLE
> _______________________________________________
> nfbwatlk mailing list
> nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbwatlk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> nfbwatlk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbwatlk_nfbnet.org/kkipp123%40msn.com
>