[guide.chat] question for people born blind

  • From: "Carol O'Connor" <missbossyboots33@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "guide Chat List" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:02:32 +0100

Hi David 
ah its awful for us all how much we miss these lovely beautiful sights.
had to laugh at you there not being able to see beautifl women like me and 
clare sarah and phyllis teasing you there now hahahahahaha 
I miss flowers mostly because in secrondary school i loved painting flowers on 
a board in nice parks such as tattan park where the beautiful flower beds 
displays were there 
Teachers entred us for competitions for best painters in school 
I copied of a beautiful pink blossom tree 
Oh the pleasure I got out of that just loved art in school 
Had a fantastic time at Tatten park and we all went for meal after that.
bought plants for our mums on way ut.
My  favourite part of seeing too was going on lots of coach tours through 
villages 
wow the big coaches use to drive through narrow lanes don't know how they 
manage it.

I used to love looking outside the coach windows at the scenery and also the 
peoples houses in the villages.

Oh loved having my sight 
right take care 
Love Carol x.x.x.x.  


-----Original Message-----
From: David L. Bailey - Email Address: baileydavidl62@xxxxxxxxx
Sent On: 22/06/2011 19:17
Sent To: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Email Address: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [guide.chat] Re: In Reply To: question for people born Blind

Hi Carol and others,

    I was not born blind, I have some limited vision in one eye now 20/450
and none in the bottom half of that eye.  I realize what you are saying
about creating mental pictures of things when you have never seen them.  I
might question whether blindness is harder for those who are congenitally
blind (birth) or adventitiously blind (after birth).  My question is based
on the statement "You cannot miss what you have never had."  I have learned
to navigate au solo in cities I never visited before becoming blind usimg
only my cane.  This does require more concentration and use of memory than
when I could travel by sight.  I miss being able to see the beauty of world
around me, I enjoy not seeing some of the ugliness of disasters etc.
However, since I still hear and know of the human tragedy in these
situations they still cause me pain.  I would definitely choose to have my
sight back to emjoy the beauty of God's creation as I am blessed to
experience it.  I miss seeing all the beautiful women that I encounter.  I
guess truly I miss seeing the sexy women, as I can still experience the
beautiful ones based on their actions and speech to others they interact
with and many of the sexy ones were not so beautiful after all. So really
not that much of a loss after all.  However, landscapes and seeing acts of
love and generosity that is missed.  

Thank You, 
David L. Bailey
baileydavidl62@xxxxxxxxx 
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[mailto:guide.chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of M BOWKER
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 5:40 PM
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Subject: [guide.chat] In Reply To: [guide.chat] question for people born
Blind

Good subject Carol. Can we make this the next subject. I to have questions
about things not just total like me, May be we could share how we do thins
which might help us.

Love Malcolm. xxxxxxx

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