[blindkid] When your child realizes she's different....

landjwest at bellsouth.net landjwest at bellsouth.net
Wed Nov 19 01:16:00 UTC 2008


Bravo!
-------------- Original message from "Andy & Sally Thomas" <andysally at comcast.net>: -------------- 


> As an aside, I'm an adoptive parent and I am my children's real mother. My 
> kids do have a birth mother and they know that but as the mom who has been 
> with them through thick and thin and will always be there, I have no doubt 
> that I am their real mother. Birth parents often have a difficult decision 
> to make to place their child for adoption and I'm not denigrating them for 
> that. I just feel strongly that language is important and I won't take a 
> back seat in the mom category. 
> 
> Sincerely, 
> 
> Sally Thomas 
> 
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> > wow, thats a hard one. My daughter is 13 and she was born blind. Her birth 
> > mother had std's. At age 15 mths her birth mom scalded her in a tub of hot 
> > water. Maleka has sever scars on her whole body and one day when she was 
> > in the tub she felt her skin and asked why is was bumpy and mine wasn't. I 
> > told her that she had been burnt when she was a baby. She then asked a 
> > very tough question, "Mom, did you burn me?" Now I faced two questions, 
> > one who did it and two now I must tell her I wasn't her real mom. 
> > I did what I think every other loving mom would have done. I told her that 
> > once she had a real mom who brought her in this world and that one day 
> > that mom wasn't watching her closely and she feel into some real hot 
> > water. I never could have told her "Your real mom burnt you" 
> > Then another day she asked me why her brother could see and she couldn't? 
> > Well I explained that all of us have things we struggle with in life and 
> > hers is her sight. Maleka is delayed but my friend she knows alot more 
> > than we think she does. I told her that one day when we are in Heaven she 
> > will have brand new eyes and will be able to see. I jokingly said you will 
> > get to see me! To which she responded "No I want to see Jesus first." I 
> > was stunned and am very ok with taking a second seat to Him. 
> > Maybe my story helped alittle I don't know but i had to share. If you 
> > would like to see more visit my page at www.mymaleka.com 
> > God Bless, 
> > Laura West 
> > -------------- Original message from "Kieszak, Stephanie 
> > (CDC/CCEHIP/NCEH)" : -------------- 
> > 
> > 
> >> My 6 year old daughter has recently started talking a lot about being 
> >> blind and about her "acrylic" eyes, as she refers to her prosthetics. 
> >> The other night, she said to me "Mommy, can you get me something so I 
> >> can see with my eyes instead of with my hands?" I felt like someone had 
> >> plunged a knife into my heart! For you parents of older kids, was there 
> >> anything you ever said or did that helped when your child seemed to be 
> >> feeling sad or angry about being blind? I tried reminding her of all 
> >> the other blind people we know who also don't see things with their eyes 
> >> but that didn't seem to help. Any suggestions would be greatly 
> >> appreciated! 
> >> Stephanie 
> >> 
> >> 
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