Thank you, Kasondra. I learn so much from this list,both about blindness and life as a blind person and other subjects. (I found two sites about grapes and raisins and dogs and warned my dog-owning friends not to give their dogs too many. Ocasional grapes are okay.) Cindy --- Kasondra Payne <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Cindy, I am blind because I was born with cataracts. > I passed that onto my > son Andrew. He's almost three, so in the next year > I will start teaching > him Braille. My husband and our other son, Jacob, > are both sighted. Jacob > will be in kindergarten next fall, and he is already > starting to spell small > words, and he can count almost to twenty. He's a > smart kid. Yes, some > forms of blindness are hereditary, and I have a 50% > chance of having another > blind child. No, you're not asking questions that > are too personal for me. > > > Kasondra Payne > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.4/175 - > Release Date: 11/18/2005 > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.