[blindkid] Preserving memories

DrV icdx at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 30 04:09:27 UTC 2011


Hi Jennifer,
My kids are older now, but since about preschool or so they have been
recording things on their BrailleNotes.
They have recordings of toys from their childhood that in real life no
longer work; they have recordings of conversations with relatives &
friends.
When we travel they will record the sounds they hear. My son was recently
reorganizing files & found some from kindergarten or 1st grade -> for his
birthday that year he wanted to go on a train adventure, so we drove down
to Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles & hopped on a train for a
spontaneious day trip to Santa Barbara - what an adventure! He has
recordings of the train from inside & out, of the conductor, & a bunch of
other memorable sounds - a trip that we all still cherish.
All the best,
Eric V

On 12/26/11 4:10 PM, "Carol Castellano" <carol_castellano at verizon.net>
wrote:

>Hi Jennifer and welcome to the list.
>
>We started making recordings for our daughter when she was
>little.  The first ones we made were the voices of her favorite
>people--mom, dad, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents--and
>recordings of her birthday parties, etc.  Then we began to get
>creative :-).  When we went on a day trip or on vacation we would
>give a little verbal intro and/or description and then record
>characteristic sounds.  For example, we'd record the sound of the
>waves crashing or the crickets and bullfrogs calling at
>night.  Eventually we got pretty good at it--any time we were going
>to take a photo, we found a way to record a memory for Serena,
>too.  She took over the recorder when she got to eighth grade or so
>and instead of having her yearbooks signed, she asked her friends and
>teachers to record their words.  Very precious memories for all of us!
>
>Carol
>
>Carol Castellano
>President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
>Director of Programs
>National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
>973-377-0976
>carol_castellano at verizon.net
>www.blindchildren.org
>www.nopbc.org
>
>At 04:20 PM 12/26/2011, you wrote:
>>Hi everyone, this is my first time posting to this listserv, but I
>>have been reading it since our son Hudson was born in July of this
>>year. Hudson's eyes did not develop correctly in utero w999hich
>>caused his blindness. It has definitely been a roller coaster of
>>emotions since his birth, but we have found acceptance and are
>>enjoying our sweet funny boy. We have services in place for him, and
>>he seems to be thriving.
>>In looking back over our pictures from Christmas today, it struck me
>>that Hudson won't be able to see them (I'm still getting used to how
>>things like that just catch me by surprise). We did record a few
>>videos, but I didn't think about doing something specifically for
>>him so he can listen to it later. I have always made photo albums
>>for our older daughter, and she loves to look back at them and talk
>>about past events. I would love to hear your ideas about how I can
>>preserve memories for Hudson. Maybe videos where we talk about the
>>events of the day? Or some sort of box with tactile items related to
>>the special occasion? I'm sure you all are a wealth of knowledge, so
>>please share it with me and help ease my "mommy guilt"! Thanks so much!
>>
>>Jennifer Weisner
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