[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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