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AnonymousRhonda
Visually Impaired Mom With Biracial Son
11/29/2009 at 6:40 pm
Hi, I truly understand what you are saying. I face many challenges in my life 1 I'm totally blind, and my husband is parsually blind. 2 I'm black, and he's white. In many ways my/some of his family doesn't except us because "We wouldn't abort, nor consider adoption!" As a black mother of a biracial child is hard, but to have my child singled out in public places because of his parents are blind is painful. I moved to Janesville WI, with Justin, "hubby!" and Corban "13 month son!" to try to mmake friends, but in many public settings mom's distance there child from my child because of his parents disibility, and I don't understand why. we are normal, we read, pleay, love, snuggle, care, have feelings, talk on the phone, love sports, love hanging out, love boys/girls night out, have date night, need friends, just like the sighted, and so does our child. It's hard, but we manage, I feel bad for my child as he grows into a young man, and wish I could meet friends with cheldrin, so people can see that we are normal as they are. If I'm babbling too much, I'm sorry, I just want to be normal. I lost mu sight at 17, and that's when I got treated differently, and to this day, I'll be 22 in Dec, and i still don't understand why.


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