[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Guide dogs and families
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:09:03 -0500
"issues?"
Answer pvt if you wish and I'll understand if you decide not to in any form.
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jana Jackson
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 1:12 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Guide dogs and families
Hi, Julie! I think you're right, it does take some time. My sweet dad
really grew to love Thunder. When she died, he wrote a beautiful tribute to
her. I'll post it to the list some time, if anyone wants to read it. At
the time, Dad was recovering from a heartattack and had just gotten out of
the hospital after his first encounter with congestive heart failure. I
spent a couple of days with him and my mom, but I had to wait until I got
home to really grieve, because he was taking Thunder's death worse than I
was! <Smile> They do love me, and they've always wanted the best for me,
but for some reason, they've had a hard time getting past some of the issues
I face every day. Take care!
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Morales" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 10:27 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Guide dogs and families
> Hi, Jana. My family definitely isn't the most supportive when it comes to
> my
> dog, either, but that hasn't stopped me from getting three in a row.
> *smile*
> This is the attitude I have: Most of the time, I have to do things on my
> own, find my own ways of doing things, walk to where I need to go
> sometimes...so I'm going to do what's easier for me, whether they like it
> or
> not. *grin* Of course, over the years, our family has drifted apart,
> unfortunately, so I'm not exactly close to them, and that's probably why I
> feel the way I do. Now, my grandparents are the ones who really gave me
> trouble with my guide dog, and I later found out that it was mostly my
> grandmother, and mostly because she felt like people stared when we walked
> into a business with a dog and she didn't like people staring at her. That
> kind of hurt, because it made me feel like she was self-conscious about
> looking different, and that meant, to me, that somewhere in her
> subconscious, she was self-conscious about having a disabled
> granddaughter.
> It's interesting, though, because lately, she's been different. She
> doesn't
> drive any more, but when she did, the last time we visited, she had no
> problem taking both my and my husband's dogs in her van to go shopping and
> wherever else we went, so I do think it takes some time for people to warm
> up to our dogs sometimes. Take care.
> Julie Morales
> To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you need to be in their lives
> today. -- Unknown
> mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 5:44 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: reply to Lissi
>
>
> Lissi, Cindy's right, you are a very patient person! <Smile> I am the
> only
> one in my family who has a significant vision problem. When I got my
> first
> guide dog, Thunder, they were pretty insensitive at times. Several times
> they requested that I leave Thunder at home if we were going out of town
> together. Once I even had to stay in a hotel alone, because they had
> decided to spend the night with a couple who was allergic to dogs. I'm
> afraid I wasn't nearly as kind about it as you were. <Smile>
>
> Now, don't get me wrong, my parents are actually great. Like Julie's
> experience, they didn't know what they were doing when I was growing up,
> but
> they really did try to instill a sense of independence into me. I think
> that sometimes they may think they created a monster, but whatever.
> <Smile>
> I'm not sure why it took them so long to warm up to Thunder. I don't
> think
> my mom ever did, although now that Thunder's gone, you'd think she was the
> most supportive mother in the world regarding that dog, to hear her tell
> it.
> <LOL> They do know that I'm applying for another dog, and somehow, I
> think
> things will be different this time around. Thunder died of cancer in
> 1997,
> and aside from the special bond we shared because of her illness, I think
> all the hassles with my family was one of the factors in my decision to
> wait
> a while.
>
> Jana
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 3:07 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: reply to Lissi
>
>
>> Dear Lissi,
>>
>> You are a wonderful, forgiving, patient person. I
>> would not be as understanding of parents who were
>> ashamed of me if I had to use a cane or didn't want me
>> to take my dog with me. I would get angry, I'm afraid.
>> And if I were your teacher and learned of that, I
>> would take it upon myself to talk to them and make
>> them udnerstand how lucky they were to have some sight
>> and to understand what life was like for you.
>>
>> I know what you mean about its being more difficult to
>> learn things at an older age. When I studied Spanish a
>> few years ago, it wasn't that I had so much difficulty
>> learning it, and I could read okay, but I had trouble
>> speaking it easily and understand it when spoken at a
>> rapid rate. A couple of years afterword, I would
>> forget the Spanish words for things and the French
>> that I'd learned in high school would come into my
>> mind instead.
>>
>> re my learning braille--I meant if I get macular
>> degeneration and become blind in my old age--but
>> hopefully that won't happen. There are new methods of
>> treatment now if it's caught early enough, and I don't
>> have it in my family. But bearing in mind what you
>> say, I guess I'd go for audio books. Hopefully, it
>> won't come to that.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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