[blindkid] Coping with grief of having blind child fable

[Gerardo Corripio]

Hi guys: the other day listening to a Spanish podcast regarding the process 
parents have to cope through in dealing with the diagnosis of blindness in 
children a fable came up, thus I'd like to share; probably more then one of 
you guys will identify yourself with it; I'll adapt to a US version of it.
Suppose you book yourself a trip to let's say Cancun, Mexico. Excited you 
begin packing your things, when the day arrives going to the airport, 
getting on the plane all excited and can't wait until you get to your 
destination! You're about to land when the lady in the cabin says we've 
arrived in Alaska. You say no I wasn't going to Alaska I was going to 
Cancun! The lady says well you can't stay onboard, thus you have to get off 
when we land. You begin to disembark; you get to cold weather when you 
didn't come prepared for this change since you have only clothes for summer. 
You feel disappointed, angry and all sorts of negative feelings come 
through. Though you at first don't enjoy the trip, you begin to discover all 
the joys Alaska has to offer and begin to like the trip. Some parts of you 
want to get on another plane and get back to your starting point, but you've 
already booked the trip, thus can't cancel or go back!
Sound familiar? How can you guys apply this fable to blindness and diagnosis 
of a blind child or relative?
Gerardo