[stylist] just wanted to share, from yesterday's chapter meeting

[Angela fowler]

Does he know how to BBQ yet? Probably not, he's a little young. 

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 3:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] just wanted to share, from yesterday's chapter
meeting

he's always been a very cool kid, loves gadgets so he likes me.  I have lots
of gadgets.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 05:21 PM 3/1/2009, you wrote:
>That's great, Jim. What a cool kid!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
>Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 2:46 PM
>To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
>Subject: [stylist] just wanted to share, from yesterday's chapter 
>meeting
>
>Dear friends,
>yesterday afternoon was our monthly chapter meeting, delayed one week 
>from the usual saturday because of Kansas University basketball.
>
>five of our members were out being ill or caring for ill loved one!  so 
>only three of us adult members were present and I as vice president
presided.
>one of the members, Bob, is a father of an eight-year-old boy who is 
>totally blind named Luther.  Bob brought books and toys for Luther, but 
>he ignored them.  instead, he sat up at the table and participated like the
rest of us.
>Once he said "NFB isn't really for Kids, though, like me, is it?"  to 
>which I replied that he is as much a part of NFB as I am.  he later 
>talked about JAWS on his computer, and participated in our discussion 
>of the "braille invasion" for the last saturday of April.  that event, 
>we will spread out across Lawrence and publicly read braille, either 
>aloud, or silently, armed with brochures to hand out including those on 
>the Louis Braille coin.  he was talking about sighted people and their 
>responses to seeing him reading Braille.
>
>This was delightful.  never once did Luther pick up a book or a toy, he 
>was too busy taking part in the meeting.  I just wanted to share this 
>very gratifying event with you all.  I think Luther has learned to be a 
>Federationist.  he and his parents and sister attended the convention 
>in Dallas last summer.
>jc
>
>Jim Canaday M.A.
>Lawrence, KS
>
>
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